Abstract
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recently performed a risk analysis of the nationwide health impacts of municipal solid waste (MSW) incineration. On the basis of this risk analysis, the EPA has proposed that acid gas and particulate control technology be included on all new MSW/RDF-fired resource recovery incinerators built in the US. Although scrubbers reduce acid gas emissions, it has never been demonstrated that such reductions are needed to protect health. The authors believe that the EPA's analysis is misleading and leads to the incorrect conclusion that scrubbers are necessary on new incinerators. They present an alternative assessment.
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