Dioxin & Incineration

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Incineration and dioxin emissions

Modern waste incinerators are equipped with pollution control equipment which reduces dioxin emissions to insignificant levels. Incineration of municipal solid waste, medical waste, sewage sludge, and hazardous waste together produce less than 3% of all dioxin emissions. When the original EPA inventory of dioxin sources was done in 1987, incineration represented over 80% of known dioxin sources. As a result, EPA implemented new emissions requirements. These regulations have been very successful, dramatically reducing dioxin emissions and making modern waste-to-energy systems one of the cleanest sources of electricity.

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	#326	RACHEL'S HAZARDOUS WASTE NEWS February 24, 1993: - burning dioxin-contaminated chemical warfare agents (chiefly herbicides from Vietnam) in an incinerator built in a residential neighborhood of Jacksonville,
	#325	RACHEL'S HAZARDOUS WASTE NEWS ---February 17, 1993--- Troubles Engulf Hazardous Waste IncinerationLittle Rock that the Jacksonville incinerator could not destroy 99.9999% of the dioxin fed into it, as is required by EPA regulations, whereupon the judge ordered the plant shut.
	#314a	RACHEL'S HAZARDOUS WASTE NEWS ---December 2, 1992--- cement and cement kiln dust contain dioxins and furans (both of which are powerful poisons in animals and humans
	#312a	RACHEL'S HAZARDOUS WASTE NEWS ---November 18, 1992---EPA Director of Solid Waste, confirms that hazardous waste incinerators cannot meet EPA requirements for near-total destruction of hazardous wastes
	#311	RACHEL'S HAZARDOUS WASTE NEWS ---November 12, 1992---President of the United States, Governor Bill Clinton of Arkansas gave the final order to start burning dioxin in an incinerator in a residential area of Jacksonville, Arkansas
	#280	RACHEL'S HAZARDOUS WASTE NEWS ---April 7, 1992---(U.S. Environmental Protection Agency) and private research scientists now admit that hazardous waste incinerators emit hundreds of times more dioxins and other toxic air pollutants than is allowed by EPA regulations
	#179	RACHEL'S HAZARDOUS WASTE NEWS ---May 2, 1990---Medical waste incinerators are a major source of toxic air emissions, especially dioxin and cadmium, according to a lengthy study just released by the California Air Resources Board (CARB)
	#82	RACHEL'S HAZARDOUS WASTE NEWS ---June 20, 1988---An estimated 90% of all hospitals run their own incinerators; there are five items of concern
	#45	RACHEL'S HAZARDOUS WASTE NEWS ---October 5, 1987--- PART 4: SCIENTISTS STUDY HOW 'MASS BURN' INCINERATORS PRODUCE DIOXIN, BUT PUBLIC'S FEARS MAY NOT DISAPPEAR
	#31	RACHEL'S HAZARDOUS WASTE NEWS ---June 29, 1987---PART 1: WILL NEW 'MASS BURN' INCINERATORS PRODUCE ANY AIR POLLUTION THAT THREATENS TO HARM HUMAN HEALTH?

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