1. Both companies boast extensive product lines, ranging from garbage incinerators to aerospace components. 2. Sources of airborne toxins include garbage incinerators, factory smokestacks and even agricultural spraying in countries where DDT is still legal. 3. The agency said it proposed new regulations last week to control dioxin coming from garbage incinerators, which it said was another large source of the chemical. 4. The Newark site is near a garbage incinerator, the Pulaski Skyway and a plot of land contaminated by dioxin from a factory that made Agent Orange. 5. Would have required municipalities to meet state goals for recycling before they could receive state permits to build garbage incinerators. 6. A Health Ministry panel has recommended limiting emissions of dioxin from garbage incinerators being blamed for mounting health problems, ministry officials said Tuesday. 7. High land prices and opposition from residents has severely restricted construction of landfills and garbage incinerators in Taiwan. 8. In talks with Mori, Cohen also asked Japan to address the issue of toxin-laden smoke pouring from a private garbage incinerator near a U.S. Navy base. 9. Surrounding towns have refused to allow the construction of new dumps, and a Clean Air Act passed last year forbids the use of garbage incinerators. 10. The Clean Air Act bans the use of garbage incinerators because of the harm they pose on the environment. |
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