Re: DIOXIN-L digest 167

[cmcr@ism.net (Cold Mountain, Cold Rivers)]

>>From the CBNS report, 'Quantitative estimation of the entry of dioxins,
>furans and hexachlorobenzene into the Great Lakes from airborne and
>waterborne sources', May 1995, you can calculate that the incineration of
>PVC-production waste, the main dioxin emission from PVC-production, is
>average 0.02 % of the average total dioxin emissions in the US and Canada
>AT THE SOURCES (Table I, page 6), based on USEPA estimates.

well, this is  misleading indeed.  dioxin from incineration of pvc
_production waste is in addition to dioxin from incinertion of pvc itself,
yet ferdinand is using the smaller source of dioxins to claim that pvc
incineration produces little dioxin.

>
>The point is: why does Greenpeace fights against PVC pipes, while producing
>MORE dioxins, PCB's and other nasty stuff than the production, transport
>AND incineration of thousands of km/miles of PVC in their whole 100 years+
>of lifetime give? And why does Greenpeace only fights against PVC and not
>against the other much bigger sources, including ALL forms of transport
>(excluding bicycling)?
>
>Again: what is the REAL reason that Greenpeace wants a ban on PVC?
>
>Ferdinand Engelbeen

greenpeace wants much more than to ban pvc, they want to eliminate the
production of anthropogenic dioxins (~10x > than from natural sources) and
other persistent, biaccum. hazardous organo-cl's.  they want to help save
mankind from itself.  and a large majority of the scientific community
agrees with their conclusion that the most effective way to reduce
emissions of these compounds is to phase-out pvc.  they made their call
early on, and have been quite clear about what they want to phase-out, what
not, and what can not be (eg elemental Cl).

tony tweedale

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