Originally from: elaine kirk
                        
you can hope this story wakes up the public they like getting up in arms over landfills

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Sent: Friday, August 03, 2001 2:07 AM
Subject: Foot-and-mouth emergency plan to reopen landfill sites – Ananova Alerting

Landfill sites could be pressed back into service under emergency plans to

cope with a surge in foot-and-mouth cases.

Residents concerned about health risks protested against their use at the

height of the epidemic.

But they could see old sites reopened or new ones built if the outbreak

reignites during the autumn, when conditions help the disease to spread.

The Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs says a private

report detailing the proposals were purely "contingency plans".

Ministers have been warned landfills and incinerators could be needed if

that happens and millions of animals have to be slaughtered.

According to reports, four options for dealing with an upsurge in cases

are outlined by the document.

The "black sky scenario" deals with the disease spreading from the current

"hotspot" around Thirsk in North Yorkshire and to prime pig breeding territory in East Yorkshire.

The Guardian newspaper says that could even see the reintroduction of

controversial pyres.

Referring to the plans for landfill, the Defra spokeswoman said: "Yes,

they look at various scenarios and what might be necessary.

"Yes these sort of things are mentioned if there were a major outbreak.

That is not to say that it is going to happen. These are contingency plans."

See this story on the web at

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_366275.html

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