We love saying clean coal because it gets us more money from the government, but our "clean coal" is just a way to trap 90% of carbon released, but don't worry, there is still plenty of toxic gases!

Here are just a few of these fancy scientific gases and illnesses that are not too big of a deal. If you can read through these without feeling any type of sadness or worry, you're on your way to becoming one of us.

• Benzene

  • Causes: Leukemia, Breast Cancer, Urinary Tract Cancer​

• Sulfur Dioxide and Carbon Dioxide

  • Causes: Lung Cancer, Cardiopulmonary Mortality (fancy words), thousands of heart attacks and deaths annually​

• Formaldehyde

  • Causes: Leukemia, Rare Nasopharyngeall cancers, spontaneous abortions, congenital malformations, low birth weights, infertility​

• Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons

  • Childhood Asthma, low birth weight, heart malformations, DNA damage​

• Mercury

  • Causes:​

    • Prenatal/infants: delayed walking and talking, cerebral palsy, deafness, blindness, short attention span​

    • Adults: memory loss, tremors, vision loss, numbness in fingers and toes

• Silica

  • Causes: Silicosis (​lung cancer with no cure)

• Radon

  • Causes: Lung cancer (#2 cause, killing 20,000 a year​), 

• Hydrofluoric Acid

  • Causes​: immediately damages lungs and skin on impact, lung cancer, can damage deep tissue, bones, fatal if inhaled, absorbed, or swallowed

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If you are reading this final sentence, you passed the Health section! You are on your way to becoming one of us by turning your back on your family and friends! You can now advance to the environment page for your next test.