Harvard-led Study Reveals Bitcoin Mining Spreads Air Pollution Interstate

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A new study has found that Bitcoin mining produces harmful air pollutants, with fine particles from the facilities crossing state borders, affecting areas far from the mines themselves. Between August 2022 to July 2023, some 1.9 million Americans were exposed to significant levels of these fine particles, according to researchers behind a groundbreaking study published in Nature Communications. Communities affected include New York City, the Houston/Austin metropolitan area, Northeast Texas, and areas along the Illinois/Kentucky border. The research team, led by Dr. Francesca Dominici at Harvard's T.H. Chan School of ... (full story)