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"Startling new research shows that one out of every six women of childbearing age in the United States may have blood mercury concentrations high enough to damage a developing fetus," states an EPI report by [[Janet Larsen]]. "This means that 630,000 of the 4 million babies born in the country each year are at risk of neurological damage because of exposure to dangerous mercury levels in the womb." <ref>Janet Larsen, "[http://www.earth-policy.org/Updates/Update42.htm COAL TAKES HEAVY HUMAN TOLL: Some 25,100 U.S. Deaths from Coal Use Largely Preventable]," Earth Policy Institute, August 24, 2004.</ref>
"In a report compiled in early 2007, the [[U.S. Department of Energy]] listed 151 coal-fired power plants in the planning stages and talked about a resurgence in coal-fired electricity. But during 2007, [[http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Category:Cancelled coal plants|Cancelled_coal_plants 59 proposed U.S. coal-fired power plants were either refused licenses by state governments or quietly abandoned]]," reads an EPI report by [[Lester R. Brown]]. "In addition to the 59 plants that were dropped, close to 50 more coal plants are being contested in the courts, and the remaining plants will likely be challenged as they reach the permitting stage." <ref>Lester R. Brown, "[http://www.earthpolicy.org/Updates/2008/Update70.htm U.S. Moving Toward Ban on New Coal-Fired Power Plants]," Earth Policy Institute, February 14, 2008.</ref>
==Global warming==
