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Coverage online
Health agencies ignored public's concerns on incineratorInside Croydon · 15 October 2024
Do waste incinerators kill infants?Mark Write (podcast) · 22 December 2021
Incinerator Fury As Bosses Admit to No Health ChecksSurrey Mirror · June 2008 · no longer online
Chill Wind Over Fumes Risk From IncineratorSurrey Mirror · 22 May 2008 · no longer online
Railroad Diesel Exhaust Fume Diesel & PollutionInjuryBoard · 18 April 2008 · archived copy
Power Station Report ThreatShropshire Star · 11 April 2008 · archived copy
Chance to See Waste Burner PlansShropshire Star · 10 April 2008 · no longer online
Call to Stop Incinerator SchemesShropshire Star · 5 April 2008 · archived copy
Are incinerator health fears justified?Surrey Mirror · 24 January 2008 · no longer online
Incinerator and birth defects are linkedNorwich Evening News · 27 March 2006 · archived copy
Researcher claims inquiry evidence 'not taken seriously'The Mercury · 23 November 2005 · scanned copy
'Red-hot' evidence missed by inquiryBexley Times · 28 October 2005 · archived copy
Inquiry ordered into birth defects linked to pollutionYorkshire Post (front page) · 15 September 2005 · archived copy · scanned copy
Alarm over birth defect anomaliesYorkshire Post · 1 September 2005 · scanned copy
Increased suicide rate possibly linked to chemicals released from nearby asphalt plants, study suggestsUniversity of North Carolina · 16 December 2004 · archived copy
Press cuttings
Scanned articles and front pages held on this site.
“We may never see incinerator study”26 Feb 2015 · PDF · 1 page · 903 KB
Stroud News & Journal: incinerator coverage and ward maps4 Jan 2012 · PDF · 1 page · 406 KB
“Incinerator fury as bosses admit to no health checks”22 May 2008 · JPG · 617 KB
“If it was dangerous it wouldn't be built, say incinerator bosses”17 Jan 2008 · JPG · 722 KB
Letters in the Shropshire Star, 2006Mar 2006 · PDF · 5 pages · 2.0 MB
“Researcher claims inquiry evidence ‘not taken seriously’”23 Nov 2005 · PDF · 2 pages · 1.7 MB
Yorkshire Post front page: HPA promise to investigate15 Sep 2005 · PDF · 2 pages · 2.4 MB
Yorkshire Post: incinerators and birth defects1 Sep 2005 · PDF · 2 pages · 1.1 MB
The Times: “Scheme to notify malformations”6 Jan 1964 · PDF · 1 page · 1.1 MB
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