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Leon Mar wrote:
> 
> Hi!
> 
> I'm doing an essay on toxic waste management, though the subject has
> interested me extremely. What do you think?
> 
> Should toxic waste be disposed of through high temperature
> incineration?
> 
> If so, should a high temperature incinerator be built in Australia -
> where?
> 
> Or are there any other solutions to this controversial problem?
> 
> Thanks, please reply by email if possible.
> Jess	The solution is a combination of many steps. Finding alternate 
processes to reduce or elimante production of toxic waste along with 
finding different methods of de-toxifying the stuff we cannot find a 
substitute for. There has been research on using electric arc furnaces to 
incinerate waste and I have heard, not confirmed, that the output is 
non-hazardous for everthing except radioactive materials. Apparently the 
temperature and charge reduces the molecules to their atomic components. 
For radioactive waste, an Integral Fast Reactor can be used to change 
isotopes into ones that either decay faster, have a less harmful 
radiation (beta) or are stable.
	The main problem I can see is that public opinion and politics 
run enviromental protection agencies instead of sound scientific 
investigation. CFCs, acid rain, DDT, asbestos are all examples of public 
opinion being swayed by scientific work that hadn't passed thru the peer 
review and was found to be flawed at a later date. Education, common 
sense and rational thinking instead of blind panic would go a long way 
towards solving our problems. Please read/skim thru "Trashing The Planet" 
by Dixy Lee Ray, it should point you to areas to look at.