"Kosovo, Europe's youngest country, has the world's fifth largest reserves of lignite, the cheapest and poorest quality coal and also considered to be the dirtiest fossil fuel. But has this been an asset or a curse for Kosovo? In thermal power plants Kosovo A and Kosovo B, salaries are generous but workers often fall ill and even die of respiratory diseases. However, in a country that has no established list of occupational diseases, little is being done to prevent this tragedy."

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