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Lauta Waste-to-Energy plant, Germany
Health & Environment
March 2013: "Management of atmospheric pollutants from waste incineration processes: the case of Bozen", published in Waste Management & Reasearch
September 2012: Spanish study concludes that the Tarragona Waste-to-Energy plant “does not produce additional health risks for the population living nearby.”
April 2012: Study summary now available in English: "Emissions of Fine and Ultrafine Particles from stationary combustion plants"

 

January 2012: UK - ESA Review of research into health effects of Energy from Waste facilities
November 2010: Spanish research - Waste incinerator health risks: no evidence of toxic metal build-up

 Link to the European Commission (DG Environment) Newsletter Science for Environment Policy

September 2009: UK Health Protection Agency statement on "The Impact on Health of Emissions to Air from Municipal Waste Incinerators"
April 2007: Determinants of dioxins and furans in blood of non-occupationally exposed populations living near Portuguese solid waste incinerators
March 2007: "'Hot DeNOx' (catalytic nitrogen removal) in the Würzburg waste-to-energy power station"
January 2006: The Health Effects of Energy from Waste in Context
July 2005: Study by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment on waste incineration and dioxin
March 2005: Dioxins and Eco-cycle
May 2004: Review of Environmental and Health Effects of Waste Management: municipal solid waste and similar wastes, in the UK
March 2000: Cancer incidence near municipal solid waste incinerators in Great-Britain
January 1993: Wissenschaftlicher Beirat der Bundesärztekammer: Potentielle Gesundheitsgefahren durch Emissionen aus Müllverbrennungsanlagen

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