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… cost of subsidies to kerosene, diesel, gasoline and heavy fuel oil amounted to $4 billion in 2001. Coal subsidies … of energy subsidies can be significant. They can place a heavy burden on government finances, weaken the foreign trade … to a 12-kg or 38-kg cylinder by a flexible tube and a metal exhaust valve. This was not only too costly for most …

… a health risk to people with asthma, and which can carry heavy metals, SO2, mercury and carcinogens into human lungs. … For instance, some pollutants, such as mercury and other heavy metals, are directly toxic and long lasting. Other … for the recycling of their waste paper, glass and metal products. For example, in Denmark, half of all waste is …

… and ecosystem degradation from upstream mining operations. Heavy metals produced during the fabrication of solar cells …