Risk assessment on Hämeenkyrö municipal solid waste incinerator

Risk assessment on Hämeenkyrö municipal solid waste incinerator contains a structured risk assessment of a plan to build a MSWI in Hämeenkyrö. There will be a public vote related to a city planning decision: whether the municipality should plan an area for the plant or not. The vote will be held in November 19, 2006.

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RA of Hämeenkyrö MSWI

Focus:	Health risk assessment related to the effects of the planned MSWI plant in Hämeenkyrö. (draft) D↷
Scope:	Health of the population in Hämeenkyrö especially, and in Southern Finland in general. Time scope: next 20 years (draft)D↷
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Optimizing rules

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Description:	Optimizing rules, general (disagreement) Utilitarian optimizing Egalitarian optimizing Elitist optimizing
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1. Precautionary principle (disagreement)
   1. PP based on expected value, general
   2. PP based on worst-case or another 'conservative' scenario, general
   3. PP applied to emissions of municipal solid wasti incinerator (MSWI) in Hämeenkyrö
2. Intake fraction (disambiguation)
   1. iF based on measured concentration fields
   2. iF based on exposure monitoring
   3. iF based on shortcuts

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1. PM_2.5 emissions in Hämeenkyrö
2. PM_2.5 emissions from MSWI, biofuel plant, and natural gas plant in Hämeenkyrö
3. Baseline PM_2.5 exposure in Hämeenkyrö
4. PM_2.5 exposure due to MSWI in Hämeenkyrö
5. PM_2.5 exposure-response function on population level

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1. Dioxin emissions in Hämeenkyrö
2. Baseline dioxin exposure in Hämeenkyrö
3. Dioxin exposure due to MSWI in Hämeenkyrö
4. Dioxin exposure-response function on population level

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1. Decisions related to Hämeenkyrö case
2. Possible indicators (optimising variables) in Hämeenkyrö
3. Well-being of the population (smells, comfort, noise)
4. Effects on economy (esp. gas energy plant)
5. Transportation costs of waste
6. Health effects of dioxins and PM_2.5

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1. Municipal solid waste production in Häme
2. Existing MSWI plants and current plans in southern Finland
3. Background of waste production and its relations to EU directive
4. Secondary effects on waste separation, recycling etc.)