Project is a threat to health and democracy

THE dismay at the decision of the EPA to grant Indaver a licence to operate its proposed incinerator in Ringaskiddy is compounded by the fact that we are not even yet getting the full picture.

The development, as proposed, has the built-in capability to increase its capacity by 100%. Did anyone expect the EPA to overturn a licence that it had granted? And when Indaver looks for a licence to expand this monstrosity, does anyone expect the EPA to do anything other than grant it?

Talk of safe dioxin levels is an insult; there is no such thing and to enter into debate on it is madness. The same goes for the rest of the toxic emissions from incinerators - mercury, heavy metals, and so on.