Editor:
I’m really not sure why there isn’t more concern about burning an entire city’s waste on the Coast. Is everybody so overwhelmed by other environmental issues that they just can’t think about another one? Maybe it’s that we trust Christy Clark and her corporate buddies to act on our behalf and keep our well-being in mind.
A few weeks ago the government announced they are postponing all discussions until a later date. That sounds a lot like we don’t want to hear anything about it until we’re ready to shove it down your throat!
Nanaimo’s out, Burnaby’s screaming and the Coast is … waiting?
On the Coast, we’re covered by low-level clouds eight months of the year. The rain distributes everything back into our crops and water supply. Soon as the key gets turned, let the experiment begin!
For more info Google “incinerators and their health effects, Irish doctors environmental association.”
Incinerators release hundreds of toxic chemicals into the atmosphere. Little is known about the risks of many of these toxic chemicals. Incineration does not solve the problem of waste. It only reduces waste to approximately 30 to 50 per cent of the original compressed waste mass, and this is converted into an ash that contains some of the most toxic concentrations of substances, such as dioxins and heavy metals.
Andre LeMaire, Gibsons
