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Taking out the Trash:
incinerator & dioxin dilemmas in Alaska
Publication Date - December, 2002
Introduction & Table of Contents (PDF)
Section I: Dioxin (PDF)
Section II: How Incinerators Work (PDF)
Section III: Incinerators in Alaska (PDF)
Section IV: Dilemmas (PDF)
Section V: How Alaska Can Stop Producing Dioxins (PDF)
Section VI: Summary (PDF)
Appendices A-B (PDF)
A. How ACAT Developed the Emission Factors they Used
B. Fact Sheets on Alaska’s Solid Waste Incinerators
Appendices C-D (PDF)
C. Fact Sheets on Alaska’s Medical Waste Incinerators
D. Alaska Community Database
Appendices E-H (PDF)
E. Fact Sheets on Alaska’s Sewage Sludge Incinerators
F. PVC Alternatives in the Construction Industry
G. PVC Alternatives in the Medical Industry
H. The Global POPs Treaty
Important Updates
Alaskans Tested for Toxic Chemicals in Products—Results Reveal Contamination from Chemicals in Everyday Products
New Report:
“Is It In Us? Chemical Contamination of Our Bodies—Toxic Trespass, Regulatory Failure, and Opportunities for Action”—
35 people from seven states, including Alaska, were tested for 20 toxic chemicals.
Results, Executive Summary, participants, and full report can be found at www.isitinus.org
For Immediate Release—News Advisory for November 8, 2007 Media Briefing (10 AM at the Loussac Library in Anchorage)
New Fact Sheets on Toxic Chemicals, Health Effects, and Alternatives!
Bisphenol A
Phthalates
Brominated Flame Retardants—PBDEs
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