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You generally don't want to burn halogenated plastics like PVC though. As I understand it that will release highly toxic dioxins (which cause cancer and birth d
by scq 9y ago
You generally don't want to burn halogenated plastics like PVC though. As I understand it that will release highly toxic dioxins (which cause cancer and birth defects among other things) unless they are incinerated at high temperatures.
- pjc50 9y agoI don't know why this is downvoted, it's correct - incineration of plastics is needs to be done at high temperatures to avoid this problem.