A SCOTTISH coal-fired power station is one of Europe’s top polluters, according to environmentalists who claim the plant’s emissions affect the health of people for hundreds of miles around.

Longannet in Kincardine, run by ScottishPower, was highlighted by international group the Health and Environment Alliance (Heal) in a document produced for UK politicians and policymakers.

Longannet was said to be one of two coal-fired power stations in the UK “likely to be significantly affecting the health of both the local communities and the total population by belching out thousands of tons of pollutants which travel in the atmosphere over distances of hundreds of miles”.

The ScottishPower station was claimed to cause healthcare and wider welfare costs such as days lost at work of between £310 million and £858m a year, an estimate one industry source questioned as being wildly varied.

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