Incinerator health impact ‘not explained’ says specialist

Nothing in the environmental impact statement (EIS) accompanying Indaver Ireland’s planning application to build an incinerator in Ringaskiddy adequately explains the health impact it could have, according to a specialist in public health.

In a highly critical analysis of the waste management company’s health impact assessment (HIA), Anthony Staines, professor of health systems at Dublin City University, said its authors “do not appear to be familiar with HIA processes, although the document is entitled ‘health impact assessment’.”

“What has been done in this report is not any recognised form of HIA. Nor is it a proper data-based risk assessment,”said Prof Staines.