Waste policy is not what we deserve

GAIA’s recent global day of action against incineration (September 7) struck a tender chord among many people in Cork.

This was in view of the awful proposal to build two mass burn incinerators for all of Ireland’s toxic waste as well as all of Cork’s and Kerry’s municipal waste.

To date only 5% of incinerator stack emissions have been identified: lead, mercury, arsenic, cadmium and dioxins (Agent Orange) with a fallout radius of 40 km.