medical waste-to-energy compliments of the DOE

["Susan K. Snow" <sksnow@1stnet.com>]

  Found this while surfing for infectious wastes.  This is yet another
  potential source of dioxin and other health damaging chemicals that are
  contaminating food sources everywhere and it's supporting  by the U.S.
  Department of Energy, no less.
  http://www.doe.gov/html/doe/whatsnew/pressrel/pr97035.html
  
  The title reads: ADVANCED COAL TECHNOLOGY OFFERS SOLUTIONS FOR GROWING
  MEDICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT CRISIS AT U.S. HOSPITALS 
  
  **This project caps research begun six years ago by DOE's Office of
  Fossil Energy. In 1990 DOE commissioned Penn State University to explore
  the feasibility of the using of fluidized bed combustors to destroy
  hospital waste. Donlee Technologies Inc. conducted pilot tests in 1991
  using simulated noninfectious waste at its test facility in York,
  Pennsylvania. The tests convinced researchers that fluidized bed
  combustion is ideal for meeting the requirements of the health care
  industry,** the article alleges. 
  
  Gee, medical waste-to-energy, compliments of Congress and the White
  House at taxpayers expense.
  
  Should I be surprised?
  
  Susan Snow