Environmental groups against tire burning at Cemex.Two environmental groups have come out against a plan to use scrap tires to fuel a cement plant in Dayton, Ohio Dayton is a city in southwestern Ohio, United States. It is the county seat and largest city of Montgomery County. As of the 2005 census estimate, the population of Dayton was 158,873. . According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a report in the Dayton Daily News The Dayton Daily News (DDN) is a daily newspaper published in Dayton, Ohio. It is owned by Cox Enterprises. On August 15, 1898, James M. Cox purchased the Dayton Evening News. , the Greene Environmental Coalition and Parents Against Tire Burning are against the use of tire-derived fuel at the Cemex cement plant in Dayton because they say the fumes fumes odorous gases and other volatile materials; inhalation of irritating fumes causes coughing and, if sufficiently severe, irreversible pulmonary edema. produced are toxic. Cemex, which is based in Houston, says that tire-derived fuel will reduce the use of coal at the plant by 20 percent, saving $1 million annually, the Daily News reports. Mike Blumenthal, senior technical director for the Rubber Manufacturers Association, Washington, tells the paper: "If it weren't for the tire-derived fuel, this country would indeed have a scrap tire crisis. Tire-derived fuel is not the only market out there, but it is the biggest market. It is an important market." |
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