Pollution from power plants in two states killed thousands of people last year

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By Aura BogadoJul 15, 2016, 6:03 am119 ptsTrending
How poisonous are power plants? An estimated 2,300 people in the United States died prematurely because of Pennsylvania’s power plants just last year, according to a study out Thursday. Across the border in Ohio, power plants claimed another 2,130 lives last year. The healthcare bill for people suffering from…

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