Re: Government won't build

[Glenn Roberts <glenn@u1st.com>]

Can anyone answer the following:

1)  Who regulates medical (hospital or otherwise) incinerators?

2)  How are they regulated, if at all?

3)  I stack monitoring always required?  

4)  If yes, what is analysis is required?

My direction is toward the generation of dioxins.  Hospital are often in
the heart of populated areas.  Mercury is often a contaminant.  I'm not
opposed to their necessary use or location.  I am concerned about double
standards, even in the name of medicine.

Thank you
Glenn Roberts

The thoughts expressed are my own . . .



ruth_weiner wrote:
> 
> Oh no it wasn't!! The anti-incinerator movement dates back to at least 1985,
> when I reviewed an EIS for a proposed LLW incinerator at Apollo PA.  A
> member of the city council said, after I had presented my review and risk
> analysis, "I believe everything you say, but I just don't like
> incinerators."  For my pains in making a good review and presentation, I got
> kicked off the Sierra Club Energy Committee and only survived to finish my
> term on the Sierra Club Cascade Chapter Executive Committee by one vote.
> 
> The anti-incinerator movement covers much more than radwaste.  I have
> reviewed two hazwaste incinerators that were never built because of mindless
> opposition by locals.  Another proposed for Vantage WA was opposed by local
> enviros, including a Ph. D. physicist and a Ph. D. biochemist.  No, I don't
> think they had a leg to stand on.  The anti-incinerator folks dispense a lot
> of nonsense about air pollution in general, in addition to radioactive
> emissions.
> 
> I'm writing from home, so this is clearly my own opinion!
> 
> Ruth F. Weiner, Ph. D.
> 7336 Lew Wallace NE
> Albuquerque, NM
> 505-856-5011
> fax 505-856-5564
> ruth_weiner@msn.com
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Stabin <stabin@npd.ufpe.br>
> To: Multiple recipients of list <radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu>
> Date: Tuesday, March 28, 2000 2:35 PM
> Subject: Government won't build
> 
> >
> >> The anti-incinerator movement was born last summer in the
> >> scenic Jackson Hole region of northwest Wyoming, where
> >> celebrities including Harrison Ford have built second homes.
> >
> 
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