Harrisburg Incinerator = #1 Dioxin Emitter in U.S.

In a Harrisburg Patriot article dated 8/17/1997 titled "City Plant's dioxin levels up since '94," Jim Topsale, EPA region 3 "municipal waste combustion expert" is quoted saying: "This facility is probably the highest emitter of dioxin in the country that we know of for municipal waste incinerators."
The Barry Commoner study of dioxin in the Arctic shows the Harrisburg incinerator to be the #1 contributing source for 4 of the 8 receptor sites he studied. Of the other 4, the Harrisburg incinerator was between the 3rd and 7th highest contributors.
A letter from EPA region III to the PA DEP dated 11/20/2000 states the following:

"As you know, the Harrisburg incinerator was recently identified in an Associated Press news release as one of the largest North American sources of dioxins/furans emissions that adversely affect Broughton Island, just north of the Arctic Circle on Baffin Bay. Although one may challenge the validity of the study that concludes the HMERRF is a significant source of dioxins/furans on Broughton Island, there is no doubt that HMERRF is one of, and perhaps, the most significant single source of dioxins/furans in the United States."
The Columbus, Ohio incinerator (shut down by the local group, Park Area Residents Take Action, in the mid 1990s) used to be the #1 dioxin emitting trash incinerator. Harrisburg was #2 before the Columbus waste-to-dioxin incinerator was closed.