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Coal Is Linked to Cancer in China Province

Nonsmoking women in one region of Yunnan Province die from lung cancer at a higher rate than anywhere else in the world. The New York Times reports:A group of scientists now say they have a possible explanation: the burning of coal formed during volcanic eruptions hundreds of millions of years ago. Coal in that part of China contains high concentrations of silica, a suspected carcinogen, the scie