Coal

Greenhouse gas isn't the only problem with burning coal. From the devastation of mining and water pollution from mine tailings to the toxic stack emissions and the storage of toxic coal ash, the negative externalities of coal have never been priced into the cost of coal power.

Here's another ongoing problem: mercury. Organomercury is a neurotoxin. Mercury concentrates as it moves up the food chain. Are you eating river fish as a healthy replacement for red meat? Well, you may be trading heart disease and cancer risk for neurological damage. One more reason to abandon carbon for renewables. https://www.juancole.com/2022/02/poisonous-mercury-plants.html