Commenting on the publication today, by the National Society for Clean Air (NSCA), of a report on the health impacts of incineration, Greenpeace Incineration Campaigner Blake Lee-Harwood said:
"The National Society for Clean Air is simply a trade association of local authority officers and pollution control technicians which has published a report mostly financed by companies which have a direct financial stake in building more incinerators. This report will simply be used as ammunition by incinerator companies trying to defend themselves against local opponents."
He continued:
"This report fails to evaluate all of the scientific data available and concludes that where health effects are unknown we should have incinerators. Greenpeace concludes the opposite - that where there are question marks over health impacts we should adopt a precautionary approach."
Notes to Editors:
The NSCA report concludes that: "some uncertainties remain [concerning incinerator emissions], eg in relation to pollutant mixtures and for potentially susceptible groups, such as unborn children". The report argues that dioxin emissions from incinerators are insignificant and yet also argues for an increase in the monitoring of dioxin emissions.
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