Biomass Industry Plays With Fire, Gets Burned
Biomass Industry Plays With Fire, Gets Burned [The Biomass Monitor] from the Energy Justice Network Editors note: While we do not agree with all assertions in this article, it does a good job of cataloging and pointing out the dangers of wood dust, as well as fires and explosions in the biomass industry - which we are in business to help prevent! Call or write with any questions. Biomass Industry Plays With Fire, Gets Burned May 24, 2013 — Josh - by Josh Schlossberg, The Biomass Monitor Toxic smokestack emissions aren’t the only public health threat from industrial scale biomass energy facilities. Fires and explosions have been responsible for multiple injuries and three deaths at biomass incinerators over the past three decades. As of May 2013, fires and/or explosions have occurred at 22 industrial biomass incinerators, based on research from UK-based Port Talbot Residents Against Power Stations and The Biomass Monitor . Additiona...