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Stericyle's Dirty Air: What's in it?
What actually comes out of Stericycle's stacks?
Lots of different hazardous and toxic pollutants plus greenhouse gases.
Bear in mind that they come out of the stacks after pollution controls have
done whatever they can do to reduce them.
These are the ones that Stericycle reported to the NC Division of Air Quality in it's official 2006 Emissions Inventory:
Particulate matter (TSP, PM10 and PM2.5)
Carbon monoxide
Lead
Nitrous Oxides
VOC (volatile organic compounds)
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Dioxins/furans
Mercury
Cadmium
Hydrogen chloride (hydrochloric acid)
Hydrogen floride (hydrofluoric acid)
Sulfur dioxide
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Arsenic
Beryllium
Chlorine
Formaldehyde
Manganese
Nickel
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| "What is the right thing? Simply put, it is the elimination of all incineration of
medical waste not required by law to be burned." Martha Hamblin, GASP, at
Stericyle Annual Stockholder Meeting
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