Incinerator protesters launch group (From Oxford Mail)

Incinerator protesters launch group

5:20pm Wednesday 10th September 2008 in

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An action group has been formed by protesters to try and stop a waste incinerator from being built on their doorstep.

Roger Rance, organiser of the Sutton Courtenay Action Group, is rallying opposition to a burner in the village and has also gathered a petition of 200 signatures which has been presented to Oxfordshire County Council.

The Waste Recycling Group (WRG), which owns the Sutton Courtenay landfill site, put in an application for the £100m waste disposal site last month.

Mr Rance, of Churchmere Lane, Sutton Courtenay, said: "The terrible thing about it is that the village and the residents were not given notification of the incinerator until only a few months ago so there has been no real action."

The group has already displayed hundreds of posters with the message 'No Incinerator' around the village.

WRG plans to build an incinerator capable of burning at least 300,000 tonnes of waste a year, Mr Rance, 68, said: "This is not just a Sutton Courtenay problem, the prevailing wind blows on The Wittenhams, Appleford and right out to Thame. It is a national problem.

"I am no nimby, I am not a tree-hugger, but I am very concerned for the nation."

The county council will have consultations before making the final decision early next year.

Sutton Courtenay Parish Council will hold a meeting to present the plans to the village on Monday, in All Saints Church from 7.30pm.

The Sutton Courtenay Action Group meets every Friday at 7.30pm in the Abbey, Sutton Courtenay.

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Michael Ryan says...
9:48am Wed 17 Sep 08

Oxfordshire County Council have two possible sites for an incinerator. These sites have not been randomly chosen, nor have they been chosen for efficiency in transportation of waste.

Residents of the City of Oxford must be laughing as unless there's a shift in prevailing wind direction, the City of Oxford will be free from PM2.5 emissions whichever site is chosen for an incinerator.

Having examined the patterns of high infant mortality electoral wards around twenty-eight incinerators, the denizens of Oxford might like to see what the pattern might have been if the incinerator was sited on the south-west outskirts of the City:

http://www.ukhr.org/
incineration/sheffie
ldincinerator.pdf

WRG will know that Veolia operate the Bernard Road incinerator in the above map, which is sited in Darnall ward. The red-coloured ward immediately downwind of Darnall ward with SW wind is Rotherham West. The range of infant mortality rates in the 33 white-coloured wards is from zero to 6.7 per 1,000 live births in that 3-year set of data 2004-2006.

WRG have an incinerator in Doncaster and if they wish me to prepare a map showing Sheffield, Rotherham and Doncaster wards I'll be glad to do so.

The consistent association of incinerators with electoral wards with high rates of infant death shows that incinerators cannot be regarded as "safe". It might be "The Bad Fairy" that's going round killing the babies, but why should such a character be drawn to incinerators and other sources of industrial PM2.5 air pollution?

The London ward with the highest infant mortality rate in the 5-year period 2002-2006 is Eastcote & East Ruislip, in the Borough of Hillingdon. It's downwind of incinerators at Colnbrook and Hillingdon Hospital and forms part of a cluster of eight wards with very high rates of infant deaths that are clustered around St Mark's Hospital, Northwick Park.

The position of the "zero" infant death wards in London is very revealing as they are found where PM2.5 emissions from the ten incinerators marked on my London map are minimal.

The high infant mortality rate wards in London are associated with incinerators and the zero infant death wards are where incinerator emissions are minimal. Can anyone see a pattern yet?

Kind regards,

Michael Ryan,
Shrewsbury

Oxfordshire County Council have two possible sites for an incinerator. These sites have not been randomly chosen, nor have they been chosen for efficiency in transportation of waste. Residents of the City of Oxford must be laughing as unless there's a shift in prevailing wind direction, the City of Oxford will be free from PM2.5 emissions whichever site is chosen for an incinerator. Having examined the patterns of high infant mortality electoral wards around twenty-eight incinerators, the denizens of Oxford might like to see what the pattern might have been if the incinerator was sited on the south-west outskirts of the City: http://www.ukhr.org/ incineration/sheffie ldincinerator.pdf WRG will know that Veolia operate the Bernard Road incinerator in the above map, which is sited in Darnall ward. The red-coloured ward immediately downwind of Darnall ward with SW wind is Rotherham West. The range of infant mortality rates in the 33 white-coloured wards is from zero to 6.7 per 1,000 live births in that 3-year set of data 2004-2006. WRG have an incinerator in Doncaster and if they wish me to prepare a map showing Sheffield, Rotherham and Doncaster wards I'll be glad to do so. The consistent association of incinerators with electoral wards with high rates of infant death shows that incinerators cannot be regarded as "safe". It might be "The Bad Fairy" that's going round killing the babies, but why should such a character be drawn to incinerators and other sources of industrial PM2.5 air pollution? The London ward with the highest infant mortality rate in the 5-year period 2002-2006 is Eastcote & East Ruislip, in the Borough of Hillingdon. It's downwind of incinerators at Colnbrook and Hillingdon Hospital and forms part of a cluster of eight wards with very high rates of infant deaths that are clustered around St Mark's Hospital, Northwick Park. The position of the "zero" infant death wards in London is very revealing as they are found where PM2.5 emissions from the ten incinerators marked on my London map are minimal. The high infant mortality rate wards in London are associated with incinerators and the zero infant death wards are where incinerator emissions are minimal. Can anyone see a pattern yet? Kind regards, Michael Ryan, Shrewsbury Michael Ryan

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