Dioxin 2003 & 2004 papers

Dioxin 2003 and 2004 papers related to open burning

OPEN BURNING OF DOMESTIC WASTES: THE SINGLE LARGEST SOURCE OF DIOXIN? Christopher Neurath (72kb pdf)

Symposium Vol. 4 Sec. 1 - Sources and Emissions; Combustion. Organohalogen Compounds v 63 pp 122-5 (2003).

Uses published rates of dioxin emissions from burn barrels and published rates of burn barrel usage to calculate the range of dioxin emissions for the US.

QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF TOXIC COMPOUNDS FORMED FROM COMBUSTION OF SOME PLASTIC MATERIALS AND NEWSPAPER Takumi Takasuga, Tetsuya Makino, Norihito Umetsu, Kurunthachalam Senthilkumar (96kb pdf)

Symposium Vol. 4 Sec. 1 - Sources and Emissions; Combustion. Organohalogen Compounds v 63 pp 86-9 (2003).

Confirms earlier studies which show that burning PVC produces much larger amounts of dioxin than burning newspaper or any other non-chlorinated plastic. Materials were burned in a laboratory scale apparatus.

From Takasuga Table 1. Concentrations of toxic compounds (ng/g-sample) in incinerator apparatus.

Material:	blank	PE	PET	nylon	newspaper	PP	ABS	PVC
dioxinTEQ:	0.58	1.2	4.3	0.072	5.4	0.95	0.59	130

DIOXIN POLLUTION PREVENTION AND PVC PLASTIC IN MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE: PRECAUTIONARY STATE POLICY Michael Belliveau (56kb pdf)

Symposium Vol. 6 Sec. 4 - Risk and Policy. Organohalogen Compounds v 65 pp 366-9 (2003).

Examines how PVC contributes significant amounts to the State of Maine's dioxin emissions. Proposes eliminating PVC from waste stream to reduce dioxin emissions and suggests methods for reducing PVC.

Dioxin 2004 paper on PVC's link to dioxin from open burning.

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