Resolution 08-21
Resource Conservation, Waste Recycling,
Health Risks Caused by Incinerators
Duval County Medical Society
FMA Environment and Health Section
Reference Committee I
RESOLVED, That the Florida Medical Association support the implementation of HB 7135 which requires state government to develop comprehensive programs for resource conservation, resource reuse, recycling and composting for the state of Florida; and be it further
RESOLVED, That the Florida Medical Association urges state government to adopt policies to minimize the approval and construction of new incinerators including mass-burn, gasification, plasma, pyrolysis, biomass, refuse-derived fuel and other incinerator technologies, and to develop a plan to retire existing outdated incinerators; and be it further
RESOLVED, That the Florida Medical Association write to the Governor, the President of the Florida Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives communicating the issues identified in this Resolution.
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