I wonder whether Viridor recall the article "Viridor accuse objectors of scaremongering" in the Berwickshire News, 20 February 2008?

That article, which attacked Dr van Steenis and myself started as follows: "Claims that infant mortality rates in East Lothian and Berwickshire will soar if a waste combined heat and power incinerator is built at Oxwellmains, near Dunbar, have been described as "scaremongering" and "totally irresponsible" by the company wanting to build the plant."

Now that the Sutton Guardian (7 March 2013) has printed my letter about the rising infant death rates in the London Boroughs of Lewisham, Newham, and Tower Hamlets following the start-up of the SELCHP incinerator in 1993, I should be grateful if Viridor would acknowledge that ONS data shows that Dr van Steenis and I were right in 2008 and that the alleged "scaremongering" was "truthmongering".

Michael Ryan
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