action wrote:

Poluting industries have no business close to churches, schools, day care or residential areas. If our zoning plan is outdated, it needs to be CHANGED!

Nader wrote:

http://www.epa.gov/ttn/chief/a p42/ch11/final/c11s01.pdf
The website above lists the emissions rules that asphalt plants have to follow. Notice these are the EPA guidelines. The emission levels here are smaller by orders of magnitude than the misinformation on the website previously posted. If a plant exceeds these emission rules, they are cited and multiple citations can result in the asphalt plant being shut down. You could condense the vapor from the asphalt plant and drink it, and it would not harm your body; the water vapor contains.
I stand by my statement. The asphalt plant emits wator vapor, not smoke, not toxic gas. There are chemicals in everything, almost nothing is completely pure but when you are talking about 3 parts per million of chemicals that are found more highly in many foods that we eat and water we drink, I am not swayed. I have toured asphalt plants multiple times, seen the process, and it is safe.
Individuals that oppose the plant in Statesville simply do not want an industry like asphalt production near them and need a reason to protest other than "it isn't sightly", or "I don't like living near an industrially zoned area". Because it is a manufacturing plant, pollution is the easy and obvious path regardless of the realities.

AsphaltIsBad wrote:

Hey Nader,
Try drinking that water you are suggesting for a year and post your results here.
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