Coal industry lobbyist: Mountaintop removal birth defect study didn't look at inbreeding

[kristopher]

Just when you thought they couldn't get any lower...

Original source:
Mountaintop removal and birth defects: Just what are the coal industry’s lawyers talking about?
http://blogs.wvgazette.com/coaltattoo/2011/07/11/mountaintop-removal-and-birth-defects-just-what-are-the-coal-industrys-lawyers-talking-about/

Better narrative:
Big Coal: Inbreeding, Not Mining, to Blame for Birth Defects
http://motherjones.com/blue-marble/2011/07/mountaintop-removal-inbreeding-coal-mining

[Abq_Sarah]

1. I have to admit..

I laughed my ass off when I first read that.

That would go over real well with a W Virginia jury during a trial.

[ChrisBorg]

2. Those stupid inbred coal miners. That is sooo fnny.

:sarcasm:

[kristopher]

3. You do know it wasn't a joke right - they meant it as an attempt to discredit the study.

[Kingofalldems]

4. Yeah funny. Ha ha