japan's health and welfare ministry will publish the names of privately operated incinerator facilities that exceed legal cancer-inducing dioxin emission limits, said ministry sources. It has also decided to release data on dioxin emissions at all government incinerating facilities, the sources said. The decision was taken in response to growing demands for disclosure of information on incinerating facilities that are believed to be the primary source of dioxin pollution.
If a private facility fails to observe the emission standard stipulated in the Wastes Disposal and Public Cleaning Law, the ministry will disclose all the information on the facility, including its name, density of dioxin emitted and progress in emission control efforts.
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