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Pa. Corrections Dept. and union to look at claims that coal waste near prisons is harmful
By greenfieldreporter.com
Published: 09/18/2014

PITTSBURGH — The state Department of Corrections and the union representing corrections officers are each conducting a health survey of present and former members who worked at four prisons built near coal ash disposal or coal mining sites.

The Pennsylvania State Correctional Officers Association announced the survey after two human rights groups claimed earlier this month that inmates at the State Correctional Institute Fayette were experiencing high numbers of cancers and other health problems.

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