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After Pennsylvania Coal Plant Closed, ER Visits for Childhood Asthma Dropped by 41%
AVALON, PENNSYLVANIA, AUG 5 – Researchers found a 41% reduction in pediatric asthma ER visits within three years after the Shenango Coke Works plant closed due to its harmful pollution emissions.
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After Pennsylvania coal plant closed, ER visits for childhood asthma dropped by 41%
When the Shenango Coke Works coal processing plant closed outside Pittsburgh in 2016, it led to a major reduction emergency department visits for respiratory conditions including childhood asthma and COPD, a new study found.
Kids in Pennsylvania Are Breathing (Much) Easier After a Coal Plant Shuttered - Bucks County Beacon
This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here. In 2015, when Karen Grzywinski heard that the Shenango Coke Works near Pittsburgh was closing after 54 years in operation, she didn’t believe it. Neither did her neighbors, some of whom had joined her in fighting a long battle for the plant to better control its p…
Kids in Pennsylvania Are Breathing (Much) Easier After a Coal Plant Shuttered - Inside Climate News
Pediatric asthma ER visits dropped 40 percent after a coal processing plant near Pittsburgh closed down, researchers found.By Kiley BenseIn 2015, when Karen Grzywinski heard that the Shenango Coke Works near Pittsburgh was closing after 54 years in operation, she didn’t believe it. Neither did her neighbors, some of whom had joined her in fighting a long battle for the plant to better control its pollution. “A number of us thought it was a joke,…
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