siting appeal request before you is not just another case .
For one, it was by far the longest (6 days, 53 hours) and largest attended public hearing
in history here .
It also brought by far the largest number of letters-to-the-editor ever
(99% to deny PDC's landfill expansion), and opposing petitions with 6,500 signatures! Yet the IEPA requires no testingfor air pollution -- even though scientific studies have revealed a greater incidence ofbirth defects in the vicinity of such landfills in New Jersey and five European countriesdue to air pollution, and 15% more strokes in adults living near such landfills in NewYork state.
Also, how much was buried...
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