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ralps

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Wed Mar 12, 2014, 07:50 PM Mar 2014

The ACHE Act

Here's the link for The http://acheact.org
THIS IS THE APPALACHIAN COMMUNITY HEALTH EMERGENCY CAMPAIGN
ACHE Fact Sheet 2012 sml The Appalachian Communities Health Emergency Act is the first law ever proposed that would end the human rights/ human health disaster that is Mountaintop Removal in Appalachia.
The New York Times called Mountaintop Removal "Appalachia's Agony." It's no wonder: communities near Mountaintop Removal sites suffer shockingly disproportionate levels of cancer, heart disease, pulmonary disease, birth defects and other physical and mental illnesses.
More than four thousand people die in West Virginia mining communities every year. Science calls these "excess deaths." We call them Husband, Wife, Grampa, Granma, Brother, Sister, Son, Daughter, Aunt, Uncle, Cousin.
Mountaintop Removal's horrors MUST end, and you have a vital role to play in ending it. Get your member of Congress to sign on to the A.C.H.E. Act now.

if you all are interested. Please ask your Congress people to support this

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The ACHE Act (Original Post) ralps Mar 2014 OP
Thanks for posting this. William769 Mar 2014 #1
You're welcome William769! ralps Mar 2014 #2
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