health impacts

Communications on health impacts of waste to Local Authorities

Last edited 9 November 2001 at 9:00am
Publication date: 
9 November, 2001

Copies of the correspondence sent to Loal Authorities as part of the Greenpeace Zero Waste campaign.

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Municipal solid waste incineration

Last edited 21 August 2001 at 8:00am
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21 July, 2001

Observations on the IEEP report for the National Society for Clean Air (NSCA)

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Greenpeace response to incineration report by National Society for Clean Air

Last edited 20 June 2001 at 8:00am
20 June, 2001

Sheffield: toxic crime

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: 

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Pollution and health impacts of waste incinerators

Last edited 1 June 2001 at 8:00am
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30 June, 2001

The recent European Landfill Directive will force the UK to reduce the amount of organic waste it disposes of in landfill sites. This is causing panic among waste disposal authorities, which have failed for years to address the question of what to do sustainably with our household waste. Local authorities in the UK are now stampeding towards huge incineration plants, capable of burning 200,000 tonnes or more of rubbish per annum, to meet the EU targets.

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Dangerous substances in waste

Last edited 31 May 2001 at 8:00am
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28 February, 2000

European Environment Agency

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Money to burn

Last edited 31 May 2001 at 8:00am
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31 May, 2001

Pollution and health impacts of incinerating resources

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New research shows incinerator plants could damage fertility of children

Last edited 29 May 2001 at 8:00am
29 May, 2001

Greenpeace called on the Labour Party to ban rubbish incinerators and abandon plans for up to 100 new plants, after medical research published in The Lancet showed that toxic fumes from incinerators could be having alarming effects on the sexual development of children. The study found that teenagers living near incinerators had smaller sexual organs than those in rural areas. The teenagers' bodies contained high levels of toxic chemicals, which are thought to interfere with sexual development and are already linked to cancer, heart disease, allergies and breathing illnesses.

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New report reveals incinerators committing hundreds of pollution crimes

Last edited 22 May 2001 at 8:00am
22 May, 2001

A Greenpeace climber inside Sheffield incinerator

Greenpeace takes direct action to shut worst incinerator in England 

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The report into the effects of spreading contaminated ash from the Byker incinerator on local allotments and public footpaths

Last edited 21 May 2001 at 8:00am
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28 February, 2001

Executive summary PCCD/PCDF and heavy metals in soil and egg samples from Newcastle allotments

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