Dive summary:

• Professor Vyvyan Howard, a toxico-pathologist at the University of Ulster, released a report calling public concern over the health impacts of a proposed incinerator in Gloucester, England, "understandable and justified."
• Howard, who has researched the effects of pollutants on infants and unborn babies, was commissioned by protest group GlosVAIN to produce a report on the proposed facility.
• The Gloucestershire County Council however, points to the Heath Protection Agency’s current position, which states that well run and regulated incinerators are not a significant health risk.

From the article:

Professor Vyvyan Howard, a toxico-pathologist at the University of Ulster, has said that public concern over the health impact from the proposed facility is 'understandable and justified'.

The medically qualified academic, who has researched the effects of pollutants on infants and unborn babies, was commissioned by protest group GlosVAIN to produce a report on Javelin Park.
In his report, Prof Howard says the threat posed specifically by PM2.5 particles has been underestimated. ...