Westfield open cast coal mine, now abandoned, near Ballingry in Perth and Kinross, scotland, UK

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Westfield open cast coal mine, now abandoned, near Ballingry in Perth and Kinross, scotland, UK. It is the deepest open cast in the UK at 215 metres deep. As well as the disastrous climate change consequences of continuing to mine and burn coal, living close to open cast coal mines has a huge negative affect on peoples health. Rates of Chronic Pulmonary Obstructive Disease are up to 5 times the national average as well as vastly increased risk of asthma, hypertension, hypothyroidism and cancer.

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