I received an email today and thought it best to share its contents:
"According to Dr Dick van Steenis MBBS and Michael Ryan, a civil engineer, [the proposed incinerator at Saddlebow] is likely to cause all the problems that every other incinerator of its type is causing wherever they are built, ie foetal abnormalities, baby deaths, cancers, heart attacks and strokes, especially downwind ie to the east. Whilst the council have tried to make it sound as if it is the answer to all our problems of landfill, Michael Ryan has ascertained from the Department of Health that no government health studies have ever taken place around incinerators, a fact echoed by the Health Protection Agency. In fact the HPA even recommend that no investigations take place (See their words in Hansard 30th November 2009).
I have invited Dr van Steenis to address a public meeting on this subject on 20th July at 7pm in the Methodist Church, London Road, King's Lynn (opposite the police station). I have invited MPs and councillors to attend and it is to be chaired by Lord Lester. Please can you inform anyone you know who may be interested. It could be that it will be necessary to use an adjoining room at the venue which has loudspeakers fitted, due to a large number of people attending. (We hope this will be the case really)."
