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<p>Public Health England (PHE) funded the Small Area Health Statistics Unit, and King’s
College London, to carry out a study to further extend the evidence base as to whether
emissions from modern municipal waste incinerators affect human health.</p><p> </p><p>The
first of a series of papers from this study was published on 22 November 2018. The
paper ‘Fetal growth, stillbirth, infant mortality and other birth outcomes near UK
municipal waste incinerators; retrospective population based cohort and case-control
study’ is available to view at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412018316398"
target="_blank">https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412018316398</a></p><p>
</p><p>The paper found no evidence of a link between exposure to particulate matter
emitted from modern municipal waste incinerators as modelled from emissions data,
or living close to modern municipal waste incinerators, and infant mortality, low
birth weight, still birth or the other birth outcomes investigated.</p><p> </p><p>PHE’s
position is that well run and regulated modern municipal waste incinerators are not
a significant risk to public health. PHE will review its advice in light of new substantial
research on the health effects of incinerators published in peer reviewed journals.
To date, PHE is not aware of any evidence that requires a change in their position
statement.</p>
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