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incineration [insin′ərā′shən] Etymology: L, incinerare, to burn to ashes the removal or reduction of waste materials by burning. incineration the act of burning to ashes. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Other factors implicating hospitals and health care in damage to environmental and human health are both the sheer volume of waste and the pollutant dioxin, produced from the incineration of waste. This includes iron ore processing into pellets or sponge iron, production of lime, coke calcining, lime recovery from pulp sludge and processing or incineration of waste materials, such as used foundry sand. For example, aircraft flights over the continent and the incineration of waste at bases emit gases and heavy metals that could hamper efforts to discern the amount of pollution coming from other continents, says Eric Wolff of the British Antarctic Survey in Cambridge. |
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