Removing plants from the ground to develop the land or mine could result in from exposure to water and wind.

Removing plants from the ground to develop the land or mine could result in SOIL EROSION from exposure to water and wind. Soil erosion is like Dust Bowl Storm that happens in 1930s in the Eastward of Chicago, where soils are being carried by the wind and made many people became sick from breathing the soil in the air.

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