IN CASE SOMEONE IS PLANNING TO BUILD A 'CLEAN' AND 'SAFE' PYROLYTIC INCINERATOR IN YOUR BACK YARD, LIKE THEY'RE PLANNING TO DO BESIDE LAKE BIWA, UPWIND AND UPRIVER OF ABOUT 25 MILLION PEOPLE:

"Thermal waste treatment technologies fall into two broad categories: 1) those in which wastes are combusted. burned in the presence of oxygen, i.e., incineration technologies; and 2) those in which wastes are heated in the presence of little or no oxygen so that there is no direct combustion , i.e., pyrolysis (sometimes referred to as thermolysis) and gasification.

When oxygen levels in an incinerator are reduced to levels below the optimum for combustion, the incinerator is said to operate in a 'starved air', or 'pyrolytic' mode. Pyrolysis, also sometimes referred to as thermolysis, is defined as the thermal degradation of a substance in the absence or with a limited supply of oxygen. However, with medical wastes and similar materials a complete absence of oxygen is unachievable. As a result, some oxidation will occur during pyrolysis so that dioxins and related products of incomplete combustion are formed."

From Health Care Without Harm

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