Spoil left by open cast coal mining at the abandoned Westfield mine in Perth and Kinross Scotland, UK

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Spoil left by open cast coal mining at the abandoned Westfield mine in Perth and Kinross Scotland, UK. At 215 metres deep it is the deepest open cast in the UK. 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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Photo credit: © Ashley Cooper / Alamy / Afripics
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