| Planning Application |
|
Source: Greenpeace "... this incinerator releases
chemicals called dioxins
- classified as causing cancer by the World Health Organisation - in
significant quantities.
Cancer and Incinerators "In August ...2000..., research found that between 1974 and 1987, children who had lived within 5km of incinerators were twice as likely to die of cancer." (Courtesy of Greenpeace, referencing - Knox E.G. (2000) Childhood cancers, birthplaces, incinerators and landfill sites. International Journal of Epidemiology 29:391-397)
Deaths Related to Emissions The Department of Health's Economic Appraisal of Health Effects of Air Pollution (EAHEAP) prepared a cost benefit analysis which calculated 'Number of deaths not brought forward' per tonne of pollution avoided. The figures are 0.02 deaths a year per tonne of NOx, 0.005 deaths per tonne of SO2 and 0.002 deaths per tonne of particulates. (Source: Greenpeace) Using these figures, the Edmonton incinerator plant would bring about an early death for roughly 15 people each year ! How many will Glenavy ?
|
Source: Energy Justice Network The non-profit Energy Justice Network describes emissions from poultry litter as “roughly as polluting as coal” emitting NOx, SO2, CO, PM (particulate matter, or soot), hydrochloric acid, antimony, manganese, mercury as well as dioxins and furans. Emissions of these types are linked (see below) to a range of respiratory health problems, increases in infant mortality rates, increases in low birth weight, heart disease, reproductive disorders and cancer. Once incineration takes place, these substances go into the atmosphere and spread wherever the wind blows - right across Northern Ireland.
|