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Mountain Top Removal

Mountain top removal is a way people get valuable metals, minerals, and coal from the earth. Imagine a mountain. Instead of digging out what they want, they take dynamite and explosives and blow up parts of the mountain. This makes it easier for them to get to what they want. But the problem is that these metals, minerals, and coal have very harmful chemicals in them. When they get blown up, they get washed down the mountain by rain. These harmful chemicals soak into the land and get into our streams, lakes, and rivers. These harmful chemicals and poisons will kill plants, fish, animals, and even people. It has caused people cancer and have hurt people's brains. Mountain top removal also causes erosion. Erosion is when part of the mountain gets washed away. Even though this way of getting these minerals, metals, and coal is easier, it is becoming the number one polluter of our land and water. READ ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING!!!