{"id":326,"date":"2010-10-03T01:35:01","date_gmt":"2010-10-03T08:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/?p=326"},"modified":"2011-03-22T11:48:32","modified_gmt":"2011-03-22T18:48:32","slug":"medical-report-on-how-wood-smoke-kills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/medical-report-on-how-wood-smoke-kills\/","title":{"rendered":"Medical Report on How Wood Smoke Kills"},"content":{"rendered":"

Visit the following link for insight on recent medical evidence of how wood smoke kills and the grave risk sub 2.5 micron particles along with other toxins \u00a0present to the most vulnerable, especially children:<\/p>\n

How Wood Smoke Kills<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Toxins\/Poisons not listed by ORCAA, Adage, and Simpson include radioactive Cesium, Mercury, Dioxins, and sulfur dioxide. \u00a0Some that ARE listed include fine particles (2.5 microns and less) that will amount to tens of tons annually suspended in the air column for long durations and difficult if not impossible to remove from the emissions stream.<\/p>\n

Dioxin – Mercury – Cesium <\/strong>The amount of radioactive Cesium that will be discharged amounts to 100X the maximum allowed from existing nuclear plants. \u00a0Yet it doesn’t appear on any permit applications for the pending BioMassacre and ORCAA has not implemented any monitoring\/detection methods.<\/p>\n

Wood ash is highly radioactive with Cesium & Strontium from atmospheric nuclear tests.<\/a><\/p>\n

ORCAA admits no sensors will be installed at the stack for monitoring Dioxins despite the dissembling to the public \u00a0on the anticipated amounts by profiteers such as Eric Hanswen, principal at Envviron, an environmental consulting company employed by Simpson timber company. \u00a0(“Our calculations right now are showing .000005 pounds per year [of dioxin released], said Eric Hansen at a public information meeting held by Shelton City officials to answer questions about a proposed bioincinerator to be placed in downtown Shelton on 9-23-10). \u00a0That’s about 6 – 7 orders of magnitude lower than that hazarded by an ORCAA engineer. \u00a0When contacted for a verifiable source of such data, an Environ employee could not provide it. \u00a0An inconvenient truth was again hidden from the view of residents.<\/p>\n

Debunking Waste to Energy – Cesium, Mercury, Toxins and Development<\/a><\/p>\n

Dioxin Impact Reassessed<\/a><\/p>\n

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BioMassacre Resistance in Michigan<\/a><\/p>\n

Health Effects from Burning BioMass and Coal<\/a><\/p>\n

No Monitoring for Mercury, Arsenic, Chromium, Dioxin<\/a>, Cesium<\/p>\n

WI Sierra Club Makes Pact With the Devil<\/a><\/p>\n

Mercury Content in Wood Smoke<\/a><\/p>\n

Smoke Source Differentiation Analysis & Hg Content<\/a><\/p>\n

BioMass CO2 Neutrality Canard Exposed<\/a><\/p>\n

Wood Smoke<\/a> produces from 10 to 167 milligrams of highly carcinogenic dioxins per kilogram of fuel burning (Abelson). Wood burning is responsible for about 3 percent of the total suspended particulates, 6 percent of the total carbon monoxide, and 51 percent of the highly carcinogenic polycyclic organic matter produced by all US sources (EPA, 1986). \u00a0Simple calculations reveal that’s on the order of 10,724 pounds (5.36 tons) to 179,091 pounds (89.5 tons) per year of dioxin. \u00a0Adage (ignoring Simpson for the moment) alleges they will be emitting a ‘mere’ 97 tons\/yr of PM2.5, 98 tons\/yr of PM10, and 100 tons\/yr of PM. \u00a0That’s roughly 300 tons\/yr of various PM particulates.<\/h3>\n

\"\"<\/a>Even giving Adage (and by implication, Simpson) the benefit of the doubt by reducing my calculations proportionately still shows Adage and Simpson reps are gulling the public and our regulatory agencies. \u00a0e.g. \u00a05.3 pounds\/yr to 89 pounds\/yr of dioxin assuming the self serving rose colored \u00a0figures submitted by these companies were even distantly realistic based on their own numbers of particulates to be released.<\/h3>\n

That’s not to say, in truth, that far (by orders of magnitude) greater amounts of dioxin would not be released. \u00a0I’m simply giving the most charitable analysis based on the assumption the dioxins would be attached to the particles released into the air. \u00a0It’s entirely possible the dioxins could be released as vapors INDEPENDENTLY from attachment to the surface area (very extensive!) of the particles (PM) themselves.<\/h3>\n

\"\"<\/a>In any event, Mr. Eric Hansen’s representation to the public stating, “Our calculations, right now, (how about tomorrow?) are showing .000005 pounds per year (of dioxin released)”, cannot be relied on because it was a crass attempt to dissemble to and mollify the public. \u00a0If these companies are willing to be so disingenuous on such a critical and dangerous poison, why would they tell the truth about ANY representation they make? \u00a0And why are our city\/county\/port officials choosing to believe them without verification or any plans to monitor these toxins (e.g. Dioxin, mercury, cesium, strontium, arsenic) at all?<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The dirty truth is even without these exorbitantly deadly compounds, the PM emissions themselves are guaranteed to harm public health, shorten lifespans, inflict suffering, and visit chronic diseases on residents. \u00a0Medical experts have repeatedly warned there is NO ‘safe’ level of PM exposure. \u00a0The more you breathe, the shorter your life expectancy–a similar mechanism to smoking cigarettes. \u00a0But we can choose not to smoke. \u00a0We can’t choose not to breathe what’s being crammed down our throats.<\/p>\n

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604,000 Tons\/yr - Adage<\/p><\/div><\/h3>\n

Iowa Residents Discuss Biomassacre<\/a><\/p>\n

Oregon’s Wood Smoke Warning<\/a><\/p>\n

BioMass Emissions Table<\/a> & HCN (cyanide)<\/p>\n

Why BioMass Pyrolysis isn’t Green<\/a><\/p>\n

BioMass Toxins Table & Cyanide<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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