A new study from University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins University researchers finds that Baltimore’s two waste incinerators are causing nearly $100 million in health damages to residents of Baltimore and D.C.
The study is still in the peer review phase, but points to severe medical impacts of alleged black smoke emissions coming from the BRESCO and Curtis Bay Energy Medical Waste incinerators, particularly for residents in South Baltimore.
“The BRESCO Incinerator still remains the single largest source of air pollution in Baltimore City, as for the Curtis Bay Medical Waste Incinerator, we show evidence in the in the paper that they release black smoke for an average of 52.5 minutes every single day,” said Kevin Tu, the lead researcher on the paper…