Incinerators a health hazard, say doctors

THE Irish Doctors Environmental Association unreservedly condemns any decision to use municipal incineration as a method of waste disposal.

Incinerators a health hazard, say doctors

Two recent reports in the medical literature support this position.

In the first, data from an ongoing study involving more than 500,000 participants showed that air pollution from particulate matter less than 2.5 microns in size is important in determining the risk of death from heart disease.

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