http://www.heraldscotland.com/mobile/news/environment/cancer-fears-threaten-incinerator-plan.18210277?_=40e1cb2028cd0e9d896c25d22f83cbc57fe712ba Published on 22 July 2012 EXCLUSIVE by Rob Edwards Environment Editor A SERIES of highly toxic emissions from Scotland’s newest waste incinerator in breach of safety limits are threatening to upset plans to build similar controversial plants across the country. An energy-from-waste plant at Dargavel in Dumfries has had its operations restricted by the [...]
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Dirty air takes breath away
http://www.theage.com.au/environment/dirty-air-takes-breath-away-20120721-22gso.html Date July 22, 2012 2 reading now Deborah Gough POLLUTION is giving otherwise healthy children asthma-like symptoms, potentially affecting their lung growth and function and casting doubt on whether national air quality standards are strong enough. A national study of 2860 primary school children found nitrogen dioxide, contained in motor vehicle exhaust, was present [...]