This graph illustrates the changes in Infant Death Rates in three Boroughs exposed to emissions from the SELCHP incinerator located in South Bermondsey, London. Note that Wandsworth is mainly "upwind" of SELCHP and therefore relatively free from emissions.
See Japanese study of infant deaths around 63 incinerators which concluded:
"Our study shows a peak-decline in risk with distance from the municipal solid waste incinerators for infant deaths and infant deaths with all congenital malformations combined."
(J Epidemiol. 2004 May;14(3):83-93.)
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