•According to an EPA study of fatty human tissue samples, every American man, woman and child carries at least 700 pollutants in his or her body.
•Childhood illnesses linked to chemical contaminants cost Americans approximately $55 billion dollars each year.
•In addition to exposure from breathing air toxics, some toxic air pollutants such as mercury can deposit onto soils or surface waters, where they are taken up by plants and ingested by animals and are eventually magnifi ed through the food chain.
•If you see a label including the words: POSION, WARNING or DANGER stop right there, avoid the product, and seek non-toxic alternatives.Poison, WarningPoison, WarningDanger
For more information on alternatives to burning please contact Marcus Berry at Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District @ (802) 626-3532 or on the web at outreach@nekwmd.org