Modern incinerators will not affect public health

NORCOTT ROBERTS (Irish Examiner letters, February 15) stated, incorrectly, that Indaver cannot provide medical evidence that incineration does not impact on health or the environment.

Modern incinerators will not affect public health
Thu, 02 Mar, 2006 - 00:00

Indaver has always been willing to debate public health in the context of incineration.

The WHO, in its publication Waste Incineration: Series 6, states that incineration will not impact on public health and for this reason it is “possible to locate facilities near to densely-populated areas”.

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