Is fossil fuel overuse threatening your health?
Is fossil fuel overuse threatening your health? The burning of fossil fuels — coal, oil and gas — creates pollution that not only can harm health but also foster climate change. Together these impacts pose an outsize risk to children, studies show. She and her colleagues have been studying the health effects of pollution and stress. Why are fossil fuels bad for the environment? Fossil fuels pollute the environment Fossil fuels contribute to greenhouse gases, which is one of their major disadvantages. The most harmful for the environment is coal because it has many more harmful combustion products than other...