Davyhulme Incinerator Judgement Day
Trafford Council’s challenge against the Barton Renewable Energy Plant (Davyhulme Incinerator) is to take place in February.
The High Court hearing will be open to the public and is currently scheduled to take place on 10th and 11th February at the Civil Justice Courts, Spinningfields, Manchester. The specific court room and times are yet to be confirmed.
Court dates and times are usually only confirmed by the court the day before the planned hearing, so we advise that members of the public wishing to attend the hearing regularly keep an eye on our website (www.BreatheCleanAirGroup.co.uk) and Twitter Account (@BCAGtrafford) for starting times and any last minute changes.
We have also been advised that proceedings are very legalistic, meaning that no witnesses or new evidence are taken. The Judge will have read the papers and consider the matter based upon the submissions made prior to the hearing by each parties’ barristers. The Court will not tolerate any disruption or an attempt from the public to make their own views heard.
Time and time again, our community has voiced that this dirty incinerator is unwelcome in Davyhulme. We have fought together at every step to protect our health and that of future generations. This hearing may be the final chance we get to send the clear message that we stand solidly together to stop this being imposed upon us. We hope to see you there!
There are many ways to skew population studies around incinerators.The previous Paul Elloitt studies used unexplained incinerator number additions, which had the effect of reducing cancer numbers.The plumes were counted as circular (they never are, more egg shaped) which undercounts exposed populations.Liver cancer was used as the marker, itself one of the rarest cancers, giving the EA the chance to say the effects were small.The rest of the numerous cancers were then explained by smoking, alcohol,social class and poverty….failing to mention the inequalities issues in pollution exposures.Reading those original papers would be an eye-opener for any trained readers.
It was no surprise to me,then, that the agency he now heads (SAHSU) would be given the job of reassuring the public about all the small and big incinerators the vested interests want to build.Whilst current computer modelling techniques and the complexities of small area stats maths are far more advanced now, they are easily manipulatable and impenetrable to the lay person ( including me).I am awaiting the new study with interest,if only for all the wrong reasons..
I’m delighted to see the above post by Dr Stan Prokop.
I wonder what explanatio Paul Elliott will offer for the failing infant death rates prior to 1993 and the subsequent rise in rates in the three Boroughs most exposed to incinerator emissions after the SELCHP incinerator started in that year?
http://ukhr.eu/incineration/selchp.htm
I’ve lost access to my hotmail account and should be grateful if Stan would contact me
via http://www.ukhr.eu
Kind regards,
Michael Ryan
As someone who has been through all of this in Derby UK in recent times along with our Manchester court case I lend you my full support and wish you well.