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Sally,

 

More important than one incident is the fact that an average 85 miners a year have died over the last 10 years or so.

 

Half the freight on the railways is coal so we can argue that half the railroad deaths are a responsibility of coal mining.

 

This used to be about 50-60 deaths a year but haven’t checked it for a long time so I’m not up-to-date.

 

A further 30,000 or so a year in the US prematurely die from coal burning pollution.

 

Does nuclear power look more attractive?

 

I suppose there are many dangerous jobs that people do - and get hurt and killed – that we know nothing about, but simply go about our business enjoying the fruits of their less than safe occupations.

 

Harry

 

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Editorial:  The Sago Mine Disaster
Just as Hurricane Katrina forced Americans to look at the face of lingering poverty and racism, the mining tragedy should focus us all on another forgotten corner of society.

 


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