Poolbeg Incinerator Style Pollution Costs California $28 Billion Annually

Poolbeg is already polluted above EU air pollution standards. The Poolbeg Incinerator to be operated by an offshore-entity will add to the particulates burden. The effects of the microscopic PM2.5 and PM1.0 particulates are not understood, they are not measured, but in a parallel to the Tobacco Industry, the premature deaths could lead to the Irish Government being sued for Eight Billion Euro. Send a text to John Gormley and to BIFFO.

Bord Pleanala rejected an incinerator at Rathcoole because of air pollution and traffic concerns - both are far worse at Poolbeg and will cause many more premature deaths, except for horses. In a Dail non-response [Dail reference:12568/07] Dick Roach passively confirmed there will be up to 300 premature deaths each year.

• At least one Bord Pleanala Director comes from the 'consulting company' used by DCC to promote the waste-to-toxins incinerator.
• The Irish EPA is apparently totally compromised at Director level in a scenario not unlike Anglo-Irish and the Developers Autocracy (DDDA).
• A small incinerator in Tipperary was also rejected by Bord Pleanala - because it would harm horses.

California's standards are far more advanced then the EU standard which is apparently hobbled by BASF (IG Farben).

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California Economy Loses $28 Billion Yearly due to Health Effects of Pollution

http://lifeofearth.org/2008/11/california-economy-loses-28-billion-yearly-due-to-health-effects-of-pollution.html

• The California economy loses about $28 billion annually due to premature deaths and illnesses linked to ozone and particulates

• Most of those costs, about $25 billion, are connected to roughly 3,000 smog-related deaths each year, but additional factors include work and school absences, emergency room visits, and asthma attacks and other respiratory illnesses

• The savings would come from about 3,800 fewer premature deaths among those age 30 and older; 1.2 million fewer days of school absences; 2 million fewer days of respiratory problems in children; 467,000 fewer lost days of work and 2,700 fewer hospital admissions, according to the study.

• The study noted that attaining the federal standard for exposure to particulates would save more lives than lowering the number of motor vehicle fatalities to zero in most of the regions examined.

Click here for full article, or read the article posted as a comment. Particulates are caused by diesel cars and incinerators.

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Deadly Particles (PM2.5), Poolbeg Incinerator, Waste-To-Toxins, Bord Pleanala, EPA, IG Farben-BASF,