Correspondence
Letters to and from MPs, the Health Protection Agency, the Environment Agency, the Greater London Authority, councils and newspapers: what the authorities were told, and how they responded.
- 3 Jul 2024
Environment Agency acknowledgementPDF
Second acknowledgement of the letter of 19 June 2024.
- 26 Jun 2024
Environment Agency acknowledgementPDF
Acknowledgement of the letter of 19 June 2024 to the Environment Agency's Chief Executive.
- 19 Jun 2024
Letter to Philip Duffy, Chief Executive of the Environment AgencyPDF
Six-page letter on the Environment Agency's ongoing failure to ensure that advice received about the health effects of incinerator emissions was accurate.
- 13 Nov 2014
Letter to the Shropshire StarPDF
Michael Ryan's letter to the Shropshire Star, 13 November 2014.
- 16 Jan 2012
Letter to the Shrewsbury Chronicle: “Burner decision sparks outrage”PDF
Response to the Chronicle's front-page report of 12 January 2012 on the Harlescott incinerator decision.
- 25 Aug 2010
Letter to the Editor, Shropshire Star: Harlescott incinerator irregularitiesPDF
Sets out irregularities around the Harlescott incinerator permit that should be reported.
- 25 Aug 2010
Letter to Kim Ryley, Chief Executive, Shropshire CouncilPDF
“The Harlescott incinerator health cover-up – in which your Council is participating.”
- 20 Aug 2010
Letter to Prof Rod Thomson, Director of Public Health, Shropshire County PCTPDF
On his role in the issuing of an IPPC permit to Veolia for the Harlescott incinerator.
- 8 Apr 2010
Shropshire County PCT gives the “green light” to Harlescott incineratorPDF
Letter from Professor Rod Thomson, Director of Public Health, to Malcolm Bell of Shropshire Council, accepting the Health Protection Agency's advice.
- 21 Jul 2009
Open Letter to Daniel Kawczynski MP 21.07.2009Web page
- 8 Jun 2009
HPA admit no health studies around incineratorsPDF
Letter from Justin McCracken, Chief Executive of the Health Protection Agency, explaining why key health data around incinerators had not been examined.
- 27 Apr 2009
Objection letter to Harlescott Incinerator, ShrewsburyWeb page
- 14 Aug 2008
Letter to Dr Robert Maynard, Health Protection AgencyPDF
Alerting the HPA to the link between incinerator emissions and infant mortality.
- Nov 2006
GLA dismissing link between incinerators and infant mortalityPDF
The Greater London Authority email dismissing the link between incinerator emissions and infant mortality.
- 13 Sep 2006
Press Complaints Commission: complaint about the Shropshire StarPDF
Letter from Hannah Beveridge of the Press Complaints Commission, enclosing the Shropshire Star's reply of 11 September 2006. The paper said it could not publish Michael Ryan's letter of 8 August unedited for fear of libel action, apologised that he had not been offered the chance to redraft it, and offered to publish an edited version of a later letter.
- 7 Aug 2006
Email from Michael Ryan to David Wright MP 7 August 2006Web page
- Aug 2006
Is the Shropshire Star covering upWeb page
- 30 Sep 2004
The fiscal prudence of reducing industrial PM2.5 pollutionWeb page
- 16 Aug 2004
Fax to Ruth Kelly MP: rising rates of birth defectsPDF
Request for birth defect figures for every Primary Care Trust, 1995–2002.