Coal Dust particulates pollution are est. to shorten appr. 1,000,000 lives annually - incl. >24,000 lives a year in the United States - Coal mining generates Cancer Dust - significant additional independent adverse environmental our health impacts, our polluted air, our water etc. -
— The Globe and Mail Wednesday, Jun. 04 2014, 8:00 AM EDT
B.C.’s biggest coal export dust cancer facility, Westshore Terminals Ltd., is operating at full capacity and regularly turns away business from U.S. coal producers that want to get their product to export markets. A $275-million upgrade now under way may provide lots more people to get cancer in ex. Ladner South Delts, Tsawwassen, Point Roberts, Richmond, Vancouver and lower mainland -
But it likely won’t be enough to suit American producers keen to find new customers if proposed U.S. regulations reduce domestic demand.
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