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Part 1 - Opening greetings and a presentation by environmental scientist Dr. Wilma Subra who begins her presentation at the 12-minute mark of the video. (36:32)
 
Part 2 – End of presentation by environmental scientist Dr. Wilma Subra. (17:04)
 
Part 3 - Presentation by Greene County, Pennsylvania resident Pam Judy describing the health effects her family has experienced from a compressor station that was built 780 feet from their new home. (7:14)
 
Part 4 - Presentation by Christina Woods of Doddridge County, West Virginia who describes problems with dust from drilling traffic on the road near their home which were compounded when flowback being was applied to the road for dust control. (5:18)
 
Part 5 - Presentation by Linda Headley of Fayette County, Pennsylvania who describes how being surrounded by Marcellus Shale drilling sites has adversely affected her family' health and wellbeing. (3:16)
 
Part 6 - Presentation by Nada White of Boone County, West Virginia who describes the health effects of coal mining and mountaintop removal. (4:53)
 
Part 7 - Presentation by panelists Dr. Michael Hendryx - Professor in the School of Public Health at West Virginia University; Dr. Jill Kriesky - Center for Healthy Environments and Communities (CHEC) at University of Pittsburgh; Dr. Ben Stout - Aquatic Biologist at Wheeling Jesuit University. (31:42)
 
Part 8 – Q&A session with panelists Dr. Michael Hendryx - Professor in the School of Public Health at West Virginia University; Dr. Jill Kriesky - Center for Healthy Environments and Communities (CHEC) at University of Pittsburgh; Dr. Ben Stout - Aquatic Biologist at Wheeling Jesuit University. (36:33)
 
Part 9 – Q&A session with panelists Dr. Michael Hendryx - Professor in the School of Public Health at West Virginia University; Dr. Jill Kriesky - Center for Healthy Environments and Communities (CHEC) at University of Pittsburgh; Dr. Ben Stout - Aquatic Biologist at Wheeling Jesuit University. (4:51)
 
Part 10 - Lorelei Scarbro of Raleigh County West Virginia describes what happened during and after mountaintop removal mining took place behind her house. (9:15)
 
Part 11 - Danny Cook of Boone County West Virginia describes what happened during and after mountaintop removal mining took place behind his house. (6:18)
Magazine story: http://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/201203/coal-mining-appalachia102.aspx
 
Part 12 - Diane L. Pitcock describes the WV Host Farms Program. (6:30)
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