Family seeks statistics on toxin emitting hospital incinerator

A resident in Chaoyang district is taking the city's environmental protection bureau to court for not offering information regarding toxic emissions released by a nearby hospital waste incineration plant.

Yang Zi, who lives 2.5 km from the Gaoantun medical waste incineration plant, brought the case to Haidian court on Monday, hoping to get full details of incinerator emissions, including the amount of heavy metals and dioxins.

Yang has lived in Wangxiangxintian, a residential complex, since 2005 - the same year the incineration plant started operation. Since moving in, Yang and her family claim to have been periodically affected by respiratory diseases.