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EPA to Curb Medical Emissions http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1228263754
The Environmental Protection Agency moved yesterday to curb pollution released by medical waste incinerators, ending an 11-year battle over how to best regulate the emissions.
Environmentalists hailed the move as an important precedent for controlling toxic releases into the air, saying EPA based its calculations on the availability of technologies to significantly clean up incinerator pollution. The facilities can install fabric filters to trap toxic particles or scrubbers to capture gaseous releases.
"This is the first time I've ever seen them do an air toxic rule right," said Jim Pew, a lawyer at Earthjustice...
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The EPA ... actually protecting the environment? Maybe they're trying to reduce global warming by freezing over hell.
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