The effects of the switch from coal gas to natural gas on the accidental death rate: a study of the U.S.A. and Japan.
As the gas industries in the United States and Japan switched from toxic coal gas to nontoxic natural gas, the incidence of accidental deaths from domestic gas declined dramatically in both nations. Thus, improvements in public health occurred as incidental side effects of business decisions.
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Stockton State College, Pomona, NJ 08240.
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D000059:Accidents / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003031:Coal; D004736:Energy-Generating Resources / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005579:Fossil Fuels; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D014481:United States
D003031:Coal; D005579:Fossil Fuels