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Material Safety Data Sheet on Tire-Derived Oil – Ouch!

Posted by Bill on April 11, 2014

http://www.conradind.com/pi_tire_derived_oil_msds.asp OSHA requires chemical reporting on potentially hazardous materials through Material Safety Data Sheets. The MSDA on tire-derived oil reveals a nasty list of the hazardous effects…

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Waste Rubber-Derived Oil – Toxic, and part of the previous Stafford Incinerator Proposal

Posted by Bill on April 11, 2014

http://psrcentre.org/images/extraimages/413024.pdf Pyrolysis of waste tires makes “a dark brown to almost black liquid which is highly viscous with a sharp and irritating smell, and contain high concentration…

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The Land Beneath the Parks – Toxic Waste In Playgrounds

Posted by Bill on April 11, 2014

http://www.miamiherald.com/static/media/projects/the-land-beneath-the-parks Dumping grounds for waste and incinerator ash around Miami were covered over with parks and playgrounds. Methane, arsenic, benzo(a)pyrene, and other hazardous chemicals have been found in the…

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Health Effects of Recycled Waste Tires in Playgrounds

Posted by Bill on April 11, 2014

http://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/publications/Documents/Tires%5C62206013.pdf California funded this study of recycled tires’ toxicity, specifically in playground and running tracks. The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment produced detailed analysis of chemicals and…

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An Industry Blowing Smoke – Need Help Understanding Terminology?

Posted by Bill on April 11, 2014

http://www.no-burn.org/downloads/BlowingSmokeReport.pdf Are you looking for definitions for all the big, foreign words in the incinerator industry? Through myth-busting explanations and clarifications, this report explains the awful effects…

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Human Health Effects of Biomass Incineration

Posted by Bill on April 11, 2014

http://saveamericasforests.org/Forests%20-%20Incinerators%20-%20Biomass/Documents/Briefing/ Three accomplished physicians, and the co-director of Biofuelwatch explain to Congress that biomass incinerators (including tire incinerators) are an unacceptable waste solution. The first presentation describes Vermont’s…

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OSHA Material Safety Data Sheet: Tire Derived Oil

Posted by Bill on April 11, 2014

http://www.conradind.com/pi_tire_derived_oil_msds.asp OSHA requires chemical reporting on potentially hazardous materials through Material Safety Data Sheets. The MSDA on tire-derived oil reveals a nasty list of the hazardous effects of tire…

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Qualitative Analysis of Waste Rubber-Derived Oil as an Alternative Diesel Additive, April 2013

Posted by Bill on April 11, 2014

Pyrolysis of waste tires makes “a dark brown to almost black liquid which is highly viscous with a sharp and irritating smell, and contain high concentration of sulphur (p.16).”…

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Citizen Voice Concerns about Stafford Incinerator

Posted by Bill on April 11, 2014

http://news.fredericksburg.com/staffordnews/2013/08/08/eep-replies-to-citizen-concerns-about-waste-to-energy-proposal-in-email/ Energy Extraction Partners, a subsidiary of CES, attempts to explain why a tire incinerator would be a good thing for Stafford County. The company repeatedly makes unsubstantiated claims about…

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