Kirstie,
All the ash from our wood burner either goes onto the compost heap or is
used directly to fertilise our fruit bushes (gooseberries etc.).
A large part of my professional life involves Human Health Risk
Assessment, be it looking into toxiology, disecting CLEA or generating
GACs.
I intend to keep on using the ash on my bushes. In the same way that I
will keep filling my car with petrol (and breathing in the benzene),
will keep cooking sausages on the barbie, will keep eating home smoked
bacon, will keep buying things wrapped in plastics that a full of
phthalates etc...
You can probably glean my attitude to the BaP issue!
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On a slight different slant, I did recall hearing the same advice about
using ash from the fire for gritting slippy pathways on various websites
but I got me wondering about the increase popularity of wood burning
stoves and how people might be disposing of the ash from them.
I have assumed the majority will be putting the waste ash into the std
wheelie bin but what happens to the proportion of people who chose to
recycle this material, and when I had brief look on google, one common
route seemed to be composting or using it for other purposes in the
garden and around the veggie patch, where it seemed to be a good slug
repellant.
Would this over a period of time represent a significant enough issue ?
Kirstie
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Reminds me of the when the allotment in Newcastle were condemned because
the footpaths were made of ash from the local incinerator! (it was
really before my time, but I remember reading about it).
Not quite on the same scale though!
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Subject: BaP and the Weather
The coldest weather in years, in fact since the launch of CLEA in 2002.
The one observation I've made this winter is that anyone who uses coal
have thrown their ashes all over their garden paths. Its a great medium
for improving grip, not so good at melting snow or ice though. I will
admit that I have also been involved in this practice. According to my
brother this was advocated by a certain TV station but will not committ
to saying which one in case of repercussions. I've manged to negotiate
the short clime to the house without as I have done in so in the past,
fallen on my backside which has reulted in more physical long term
damage than the exposure to small amounts of BaP. Both my Grannies and
my mum and dad also were guilty of this too. Looks like I come from a
long line of substance missusers!
I would love to see the emperical data on the implications of this
unususal dark age practice as I think it would make interesting debate.
Answers if anyone has got them please? Will do the XRF for the metals
but need sponsorship for the organics. Any labs interested?
Regards,
Robin Mackenzie
Contaminated Land Co-ordinator
Perth and Kinross Council
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