South Australia to control Cremator Emissions
Thursday, 30 July 2009 06:30 | Last Updated on Thursday, 30 July 2009 10:01 | 
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A story linked here says that smoke and smells from the cremation of bodies will be banned after an investigation by the environment protection authority found both were allowed to be discharged under present rules in South Australia.
Co-author of the authority's Audit of the Crematoria Sector, Pettina Venner, said the inquiry confirmed the views of the industry expert that rules were too focused on the process of burning the remains, not the smoke and odour emitted.
She said present rules prescribe the amount of fuel gas used, temperatures and length of time to burn remains but variations in the equipment and techniques used by crematoriums made those inaccurate.
"What we realised is that we need to be focused on the outcome (smoke and emissions) and the technical detail of the operation will be allowed to change from one operator to the other," she said.
Source: Public Cemeteries dot Net
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South Australia EPA Audit of Crematoria
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