Dr. Florence Craven has sent us a copy of the letter below which she intends circulating to the media.
Opposition to Rathcoole Incinerator
Dear Editor,
After hearing many of the arguments both for and against the proposed incinerator at Rathcoole, I would urge all of Leinster to strongly oppose this project.
As it is, I believe that the Dublin area is already served by two incinerators. More worryingly, the Rathcoole incinerator is promoted by Energy Answers International (EAI), an American company, despite the fact that the incinerator they envisage is now no longer built in the States! This is enough to sound warning bells in peoples' minds.
According to recent reports, EAI has declined to attend public meetings on the issue. Its health impact statement is also allegedly scanty in the detail it gives. Where is their accountability to people who will be affected by this incinerator? An Bord Pleanala would indeed be very negligent if it were to permit this incinerator when such accountability is so lacking.
The Rathcoole Against Incinerator Dioxins (RAID) has strongly bolstered its case against EAI by procuring the expertise of Dr. Rebecca Griffin, a biochemist from Trinity College Dublin. Dr. Griffin has stated that this incinerator could lead to cancer and childhood health problems. Dioxin emissions from the incinerator could also affect a very considerable portion of Leinster. Such considerations should surely be enough to prompt An Bord Pleanala to reject this incinerator. In relation to property, farm land may be damaged, and house prices could fall even further. Health risks are therefore not the only risks attendant on this incinerator. There may also be other risks of which people are not yet aware.
If this incinerator goes ahead, we may well be looking at another Merck Sharpe Dome tragedy similar to the one involving the farmer in Co. Tipperary, but on a larger scale. Opposition to this incinerator needs to be as stubborn as has been the resistance mounted by North Mayo residents to the Shell pipeline.
Yours sincerely,
Dr. Florence Craven
Independent, Maynooth, Co. Kildare.
087 7523773
No comments:
Post a Comment