Environmental & Human Health Fact Sheets

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Coal Extraction -- Environmental Prediction
Fact Sheet #: FS-073-02
Date: 2002 August

Economic and Environmental Evaluations of Extractable Coal Resources Conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey
Fact Sheet #: FS-109-01
Date: 2001 November

Mercury in U.S. Coal--Abundance, Distribution, and Modes of Occurrence
Fact Sheet #: FS-095-01
Date: 2001 September

Health Effects of Toxic Organic Compounds from Coal--The Case of Balkan Endemic Nephropathy (BEN)
Fact Sheet #: FS-004-01
Date: 2001 April

Health Impacts of Coal Combustion
Fact Sheet #: FS-094-00
Date: 2000 July

South Florida Wetlands Ecosystem: Biogeochemical Processes in Peat
Fact Sheet #:
Date: 1999 July

Microbial and Spectral Reflectance Techniques to Distinguish Neutral and Acidic Drainage
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Fact Sheet #: FS-118-99
Date: 1999 June

Radioactive Elements in Coal and Fly Ash: Abundance, Forms, and Environmental Significance
Fact Sheet #: FS-163-97
Date: 1997 October

Wetland Subsidence, Fault Reactivation, and Hydrocarbon Production
Fact Sheet #: FS-091-01
Date: 2001 September

USGS Research on Saline Waters Co-Produced With Energy Resources
Fact Sheet #: FS-003-97
Date: 1997 March

Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials (NORM) in Produced Water and Oil-Field Equipment--An Issue for the Energy Industry
Fact Sheet #: FS-142-99
Date: 1999 September

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