MAFF's environmental failings exposed by foot and mouth outbreak
MAFF's environmental failings exposed by foot and mouth outbreak
- 2001
- ENDS Report (315) April 2001, 18-20(3) .
[TAKEN FROM JOURNAL HEADNOTE] The outbreak of foot and mouth disease has exposed serious failings by MAFF to integrate environmental considerations into its policies. Breaching long established government policy, MAFF failed to assess in advance the public health implications of burning carcasses on pyres - and an official risk assessment published two months after the outbreak showed that large pyres pose serious health risks. Mass burial of animals has caused some water pollution incidents and a host of long-term liabilities - while options higher up the waste hierachy scarcely come into play for two months.
MAFF
FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE
PUBLIC HEALTH
WATER POLLUTION
AIR QUALITY
BURIAL
DISPOSAL
BURNING
RISK ASSESSMENT
[TAKEN FROM JOURNAL HEADNOTE] The outbreak of foot and mouth disease has exposed serious failings by MAFF to integrate environmental considerations into its policies. Breaching long established government policy, MAFF failed to assess in advance the public health implications of burning carcasses on pyres - and an official risk assessment published two months after the outbreak showed that large pyres pose serious health risks. Mass burial of animals has caused some water pollution incidents and a host of long-term liabilities - while options higher up the waste hierachy scarcely come into play for two months.
MAFF
FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE
PUBLIC HEALTH
WATER POLLUTION
AIR QUALITY
BURIAL
DISPOSAL
BURNING
RISK ASSESSMENT