Monday 22nd March, 7.00pm, Yealm Yacht Club
The Yealm Envrionment Group presents a public meeting: The Lee Mill Incinerator - Health Hazard or Not?
An open meeting with Michael Depledge, Professor of Environment and Human Health at Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry (Universities of Exeter and Plymouth). Professor Depledge is also a founding board member of Natural England, Chairman of the Science Advisory Group (Environment and Climate) for DG-Research at the European Commission, and a member of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution. As a leading specialist in the impact of the environment on human health and wellbeing, he advises both UNEP and the World Health Organization, and has published extensively on diverse aspects of toxicology and ecotoxicology in the international scientific literature. He holds an honorary position at Oxford University, and has formerly held honorary positions at Imperial College and Harvard University School of Public Health, he was formerly the Chief Scientific Advisor of the Environment Agency of England and Wales (2002-2006).
This is an open meeting and everyone is welcome.Bar open. No food.
Thursday 25th March 2.00pm, South Hams District Council Meeting
County Chamber, Follaton House, Plymouth Road, Totnes, TQ9 5NE
http://www.southhams.gov.uk/administration/committee_agendas/council/25Mar10/agenda.htm
The following motion is on the Agenda for discussion at the South Hams
Council meeting on Thursday 25 March. The meeting is open to the public but they
can only observe, they are not allowed to participate.
(c) By Cllrs Lawrence and Barber
'That this Council notes with concern the current proposal for an incinerator
and associated landfill at Lee Mill and directs its officers to investigate
with urgency the following issues and report back to the April Development
Control Committee.
The issues are:-
1) Impact of traffic on the community of Lee Mill, on roads surrounding the
development and the A38 trunk road;
2) Risks of air pollution, particularly on the health of residents in the
nearby town of Ivybridge;
3) Risks of water pollution into the water table and the river Yealm;
4) Visual impact;
5) Effects on the wildlife at present in and near the site;
6) The need for an incinerator in this location, remote from potential
users of the excess heat generated;
7) The suitability of this form of waste disposal.
