Mansfield Waste Recycling and Incineration Plant

Mansfield Waste Recycling and Incineration Plant

Mansfield at threat of incinerator toxins

Observed and Evaluated: Mansfield at threat of incinerator toxins

Proposed incinerator in Mansfield Nottinghamshire - references

incinerator air quality waste Mansfield Nottinghamshire

StIC - Poor operation + poor regulation = poor health

StIC: "‘Whatever the quality of emissions regulation and emissions reduction equipment, poor management, poor regulation and poor operating practices can produce a real health risk from an incinerator’."

StIC - stick it to the poor

StIC - Stop the Incinerator Campaign: "The views of the House of Commons Select Committee on Incineration 14.03.01[9] are also very concerning. They state that;

‘When the Environment Agency came before us they did not make a convincing case that they could convince a sceptical public that incineration was safe, nor that the regulatory regime would ensure an incinerator continued to operate as it should’.

‘The most worrying aspect of the siting of new incinerators is that they may end up in those areas where it is anticipated that resistance will be least. In practice, this is likely to be poorer areas’. "

StIC - Ineffective Environment Agency

StIC - Stop the Incinerator Campaign - Crymlyn Burrows, Swansea UK: "as the House of Commons Select Committee report points out, ‘prosecutions will not take place and regulation is nothing more than a farce’.[9] Some of the best examples here are of 10 municipal waste incinerators across Britain. In 1999 and 2000 these incinerators admitted to breaking a total of 553 pollution laws and incurred only one prosecution. This data is taken from the EA’s own records."

StIC - Facts: Particulates

StIC - Particulates

StIC - Facts: Dioxins

StIC - Stop the Incinerator Campaign

Dioxins are extremely dangerous!!

Note: 1 pico-gram is actually one millionth of one millionth of a gram!

Note: the British air quality standard is not the most stringent.

Note: you will not know what your exposure level is, and most of the time neither will the "enforcement" authorities. You'll have to live with it! Or should that be die with it?

StIC - More Facts

StIC - Stop the Incinerator Campaign - Crymlyn Burrows, Swansea UK: "Between 1974 and 1987, twice as many children who lived within 5 km of incinerators in the UK died from cancer, compared to those who lived further away.[5]

People who live within 7.5km of a municipal solid waste incinerator have an increased likelihood of getting several different cancers, according to a 1996 study of 14 million people"

StIC - Incinerator Facts

StIC - Stop the Incinerator Campaign - The Facts

StIC - Stop the Incinerator Campaign

StIC - Stop the Incinerator Campaign - Crymlyn Burrows, Swansea UK

Cancer Village Fights for Justice Over Incinerator

Cancer Village Fights for Justice Over Incinerator

An horrific account of modern day scandal, attempted injustice, incompetence, cancer and death. The court case is still pending.

Risk of Bladder Cancer

AUA: Storage Tank and Incinerator Pollution Linked to Bladder Cancer - CME Teaching Brief - MedPage Today: "those who lived near polluted sites were at greater risk for having bladder cancer"

Cancer Incinerator - references

A search for the words cancer incinerator on Google shows that there are 86,000 pages on the topic. You are advised to do your own research and draw your own conclusions.

Are incinerators safe?

Are incinerators safe? It is well know that incinerators emit a variety of pollutants into the atmosphere. Some of these pollutants have virtually no effect on your health. Some have an effect on vulnerable groups in society (the unborn, those with existing health problems, and the elderly). Some of these pollutants have serious effects on health and can result in birth defects, cancer and death.

In terms of carcinogenic toxins - those that cause cancer - there is usually no such thing as a safe level. The higher your exposure to a carcinogen the higher your probability of getting cancer. So with these pollutants air quality standards are often set at an arbitrary level: they say 1 death in X thousand of the population is "acceptable".

In short, adding an incinerator near you will increase your exposure to carcinogens.

In short, adding an incinerator near you will increase your probability of cancer.
It's really a question of: what probability do you find acceptable?
Do you want to increase or decrease your chances of getting cancer?