Re: scheme: fly ash in concrete

["Jon Campbell" <jon@cqs.com>]

Hi, Sam and Susan and everyone else,

      I'll put in my 2c here. Sam, the point is that the fly ash FROM
INCINERATORS is some of the most toxic crap on earth. It's loaded with
dioxin, mercury, cadmium, lead, arsenic, and a host of other super-toxins,
both soluble and non-soluble. Fly-ash usage schemes all share the same
problem as all toxic waste usage schemes: 1. It justifies and cheapens the
disposal of toxic waste and 2. It appears to hide the toxic waste but the
toxins eventually leach out.

Jon
-----Original Message-----
From: Sam McClintock <mac@ensanity.com>
To: Multiple recipients of list DIOXIN-L <dioxin-l@essential.org>
Date: Monday, August 03, 1998 5:46 PM
Subject: Re: scheme: fly ash in concrete


>Know this will get me into trouble, but will go ahead anyway:
>
>Susan Snow wrote:
>
>> This person is badly mistaken about any advantages of using fly ash for
>> concrete.  I share this email here, so that others can be aware of this
>> bad scheme!
>
>Since we purposely lace carcinogenic materials (chromates) into glassware,
>was curious as to what difference you see with placing some other types of
>pollutants in concrete?  Why disadvantage?  Haven't been listening too
>closely here, but . . . what are the opinions of others?
>
>Sam McClintock
>
>