Posted on 10/12/2014 7:53:38 PM PDT by maggief
Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell said late Sunday that he will seek a temporary restraining order to stop the incinerated belongings of Dallas Ebola victim Thomas Eric Duncan from being brought to a Louisiana landfill.
However, there is no evidence that this would spread the dreaded disease.
The items include linens, carpets and bedding from Duncan's apartment. Six truckloads of the "potential Ebola-contaminated material" were burned at a facility in Port Arthur, Texas, on Friday, Caldwell said in a statement.
The ashes are planned to be brought to a hazardous-waste landfill in Louisiana, but Caldwell is trying to stop that from happening.
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Fox29 News Express
4 hours ago
Rhonda Kitchens here with an update on the story about the ashes of the Ebola victims belongings confirmed to be coming to a hazardous waste facility in Carlyss ... I just got off the phone with the Manager of Government and Community Affairs for Waste Management Gulf Coast and the District Manager for Chemical Waste Mgmt in Sulphur. They explained the process to me and why the Sulphur-area landfill was chosen and they allowed me to address the concerns that many of you wrote about here on FB. I will be putting all of the information together for a full report. I will air on News Express at noon tomorrow (Monday) and I will post it on our website at watchfox29.com as well as here on FB. While it will take a while to get the story together I do not want to leave everyone wondering about the safety issues. They tell me the reason it still has to be brought to a hazardous waste landfill is because it was incinerated in a hazardous waste facility and since Veolia is a regular customer of theirs and they deem no threat, they consider this to be similar to shipments they’ve received, over the past 20 years other than the fear surrounding Ebola.. I also addressed your concerns about wildlife and animals and they say there is no cause for alarm, as the items were incinerated at an extremely high temperature. I hope this gives you enough for now, and I’m sorry if there are still concerns. I will work diligently to put together a thorough story on the issue.
#chemwaste #ebola
Fox29 News Express
32 minutes ago
La Attorney General seeking temporary restraining order against ashes of Ebola victims belongings being shipped to a hazardous waste landfill in Carlyss.
When FOX29 started making calls to local officials about the proposed shipment, none had been notified the landfill in question was the Chemical Waste Management Facility in Carlyss. Once it was confirmed parish and state officials began working together to get the shipment halted.
We’re told the restraining order may be issued as early as tomorrow morning.
The ashes are from the belongings of Thomas Eric Duncan. Linens, bedding, and carpeting were removed from the Dallas apartment where Duncan was staying when he became ill.
The items were incinerated in Port Arthur on Friday.
That’s a little over the top but they can be easily disposed of in Texas.
Ashes are about as sterile as sterile gets.
Are the end of the world people calling to close off Texas yet, from in and out traffic?
I don' t know, but maybe Texans are.
six truckloads....? the trucks cant be very big I wouldn’t think
6 truckloads?
Did he have a sawmill in the apartment?
And just where lie the mortal remains of Mr Duncan, hisself?
You mean in a big area like DFW this stuff couldn’t have been incinerated and buried locally?
Why all the expense to cart his crap around? The guy and his family have already cost enough as it is
A Hawaiian freeper today asked if she should have her child come home from Texas.
If the debris and belongings have been incinerated, then there is no cause for concern. I do wonder why it has to go all the way to Louisiana from Dallas, though. Is Dallas contracted with that landfill already? Some urban areas ship their trash a ways due to enviro NIMBYs shutting down local landfills.
Well, if we could have just kept a certain Hawaiian from becoming Resident on the mainland, things might be a whole lot better.
The Stupid is STRONG!
Six truckloads of ashes? Did they burn the whole building down? Personal belongings and interior carpeting, etc. would not have that sort of volume once incinerated.
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a LAEGR three plus bedroom house.....might have six trucloads of stuff in ot a small apartment? I ton Think so
aha maybe Liberian Collectables?
I’m thinking at most a 55 gallon drum would have been sufficient.
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Obama is on the mainland where Ebola is, perhaps Hawaii should forbid him from traveling there until this is over.
I think Texans would like to keep him out, and they already have Ebola in their state.
I here there are lot of good places out by Terilingua, Texas.
Should be a shovel somewhere near by.
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