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Incinerators e. .. cancer

Today, the Blog of Beppe Grillo is ... incinerators and cancer. A short article gone unnoticed on the number 1052 on Friday of Republic (May 16) on page 90 reveals that several international studies have now established a relationship of cause and effect relationship between the incineration of waste and the increased incidence of cancer and refers in particular , to a French study published by the institution of the National Health Surveillance (InVS). But the paragraph is harsh and inaccurate (it is already so much has been published ...). So we decided to go to the source, or almost. In fact, it seemed much more interesting to publish below a summary of strict translation of a document of CNIID (Centre National d'Information Independent Waste) says that the results of this study, the same day of its publication in November 2006. And 'more' that scary!
Here it is:

Institute State of Health Surveillance (InVS) h presetanto this morning to a disturbing study on waste incineration confirming that the nearby population incinerators of waste is exposed to an increased risk of cancer. The study "Effect of tumors in the vicinity of incinerators di rifiuti domestici » rappresenta il piu’ vasto studio epidemiologico mai realizzato in Francia sull’impatto sanitario dell’incenerimento.

"E’ ormai dimostrato che l’incenerimento è responsabile di tumori sulle popolazione che vivono in prossimità", dichiara Sébastien Lapeyre, responsabile delle iniziative in materia d’incenerazione al CNIID.

These effects on health not seem to be related only to dioxin but also a number of other pollutants emitted from incinerators, the most part of which are not or controlled nor measured.

"Warning, the dioxins not be the tree that hides the forest ' puts in guard Lapeyre." [...] Many organic substances are produced incineration and not be measured although they are equally toxic, persistent as the dioxins and bioaccumulative.

" era in which WHO declares the ' increase in the incidence of tumors and a real own epidemic is aberrant the fact that incineration today is a system of treatment still widely used in spiluppato France when this process produces thousands of different pollutants and prevents the development of alternative systems of waste treatment, "says Eric Gall , director of CNIID ( State Center for Independent Information on Waste ). 'It time of program at the political level end and incineration of establish France in a policy of ambitious waste prevention and worthy of this name. For this, we ask to all the candidates of the presidential election rule in favor of a moratorium on the construction of new incinerators. "

The CNIID is an association that is deals reduction to source in toxicity and quantity of waste. The CNIID is solely funded by its members and complaint the current waste management in France. The CNIID is also the Secretariat of the National Coordination for the reduction of waste to source and comprising more ' of 270 local assciazioni of fight against the projects in the field of landfills and incinerators of .