Regarding the Nov. 16 Our View by The Herald Bulletin, what are you thinking, or why were you not thinking when you ran your endorsement of PEAT toxic waste incinerator? The same to the Ockomon administration who pursued this lethal industry, keeping it a secret so not to let anyone know it was proposed for a residential neighborhood. Were you all blindsided by the rosy picture PEAT International painted for you — was it most important to be the first plant in the USA? Many cities have turned this down and with good reason.
There is no proof this plasma arc process is safe, no operating plant to see if it works and not harmful to the environment. Sure, this country needs someplace, somehow to safely dispose of this kind of waste. But you cannot take something and make it into nothing. That “something” is 35 tons of waste each day and the “nothing” is 150 pounds of glass slag over 2 1/2 tons each day. Toxic waste incineration produces toxic elements. It is a simple chemistry fact.
Mr. Cooper, your father, Charley Cooper, helped save our area from a landfill in 1978. He envisioned small commercial companies, restaurants, maybe a strip mall -- residential friendly businesses for his development. Denny Cooper, what were you thinking to agree to the toxic waste plant in our midst? Leave the legacy began by your father of a good, healthy environment for our future and our children’s future. Get rid of this toxic plant.
Harold Markle
Grace Markle
Anderson
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