Seattle Steam Lethal Pollution Exposed

STOP BIOMASS INCINERATORS IN DOWNTOWN SEATTLE

Submitted to Shelton Blog by Duff Badgley Mason County Progressive

This video documents a July 15 slideshow by No Biomass Burn president, Duff Badgley, filmed just two blocks from the polluting incinerator in Seattle. The video exposes the lethal pollution now being emitted by a Seattle Steam biomass incinerator one block form Pike Place Market in downtown Seattle. The video documents how the Seattle Steam biomass incinerator:

• Emits more deadly particulate matter (PM) than coal combustion would;

• PM can kill "on the very day of exposure" when particulate levels are high, according to the American Lung Association;

• PM kills newborns aged 28-365 days, according to published studies;

• Nano-PM is the smallest and most lethal PM;

• Nano-PM is so small it enters our bloodstreams directly through our lungs and attacks our bodies systemically.

• Nano-PM is completely unregulated;

• Nano-PM cannot be stopped by any pollution control device;

• No bodily defenses--including the blood/brain barier and the placenta--can stop nano-PM;

• Emits more nitrogen oxides than coal combustion would;

• Nitrogen oxides form acid rain threatening waterlife and also form ground level ozone that causes asthma in children;

• Emits more carbon dioxide than coal combustion would;

• Carbon dioxide is the leading greenhouse gas causing climate change.

No Biomass Burn has partnered with Market Air Quality (MAQ) to fight the Seattle Steam biomass incinerator. MAQ is composed of residents living near Pike Place Market and friends.

MAQ's website is: www.marketair.org.
No Biomass Burn's website is: www.nobiomassburn.org.