Green Group Say Some Companies Claiming To Be Eco Friendly Pollute
March 10th, 2008 by flanewsA Florida Environmental group claims companies disguised as eco friendly recycling plants are trying to set up shop in Florida. Floridians Against Incinerators in Disguise held a press conference in Tallahassee Monday, to announce a plan to keep two solid waste companies out of the sunshine state. The companies want to build plasma arc plants. The plants dispose of trash by heating it and releases syngas, which is suppose to be safer than regular omissions. Members of the organization say syngas is dangerous.
�Dioxin is one of the most toxic substances known to science,� said Bradley Angel with Greenaction. It�s been linked to cancer, birth defects, reproductive, hormonal changes, and many scientist saying we don�t need more dioxin, we need less.�
Discussions to build Plasma arc plant in Tallahassee and St. Lucie County are underway.
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