Campaigners claimed the plant would increase people's risk of getting cancer and contaminate crops
Controversial plans for a huge new medical waste incinerator in West Lancashire have been approved following a crunch meeting.
However, he warned them that they would have “blood on [their] hands” if they did so. Mr Jones referred to a medical waste incinerator which opened at the Royal Oldham Hospital in 1994, telling the committee that since that time, official statistics showed that lung cancer rates in Oldham had jumped by 12 percent, while across the North West, there had been a one percent drop over the same period.
But Peter Eaton, a speaker in support of the application, said that it was the “natural response” of residents in the vicinity to oppose the plan – because of the alarming material with which they had been presented. He also posited an alternative explanation for the spike in lung cancer in Oldham. However, Tommy Rowe, the Shevington ward member on Knowsley Council, which covers nearby Kirkby, said that figures suggested that “West Lancashire – and Simonswood in particular – is the dumping ground for Lancashire overall”.
It was also claimed that the facility could contaminate crops grown in the surrounding fields, with local resident Paula Carlysle telling the committee that as many as 200 farm-based jobs could be lost, in contrast to the 12 that are set to be created by the new plant. The committee had deferred its decision on the facility when it first considered the matter back in September, pending receipt of a full independent review of the applicant’s air quality and human health assessment.
“Officers cannot simply pick bits of the policy they like and disregard others. A policy is either up-to-date or it isn’t,” he said.
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