Expert: Building a waste incinerator could be hazardous for our health
Posted March 15, 2010 1:37 pm.
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VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – A geography professor says building a waste incinerator in Metro Vancouver could have serious health consequences for people in the Fraser Valley. UBC’s Ian McKendry was asked by the Fraser Valley Regional District to examine the impact of the proposed incinerator.
He says the amount of pollution produced by the plant may seem relatively small, but the trend is a concern. “In a decade or two we’re going to be looking at situations where perhaps incinerators and other sources in the Lower Fraser Valley are the tipping point that take us over the kinds of thresholds that have impacts on human health.”
McKendry says the sensitive air-shed is already strained by global climate change and air pollution produced by other countries.