Lousiana tries to block incinerated Ebola waste from Texas.

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5. Because the border city Port Arthur facility has an ongoing contract with that Louisiana landfill.

http://www.kplctv.com/story/26767500/chemical-waste-management-on-ebola-victim-items-ash-presents-no-risk-to-human-health-or-the-environment


Veolia operates a permitted hazardous waste incinerator in Port Arthur, TX, which the appropriate governmental officials regulate. Veolia has been a long-term CWM-LC customer of good standing. CWM-LC was informed that all of the patient's belongings were treated and decontaminated prior to being received at the Veolia facility, and then belongings were incinerated in the high temperature incinerator (2100 degrees Fahrenheit). The resulting ash presents no risk to human health or the environment.

CWM-Lake Charles treats ash received from the Port Arthur facility through its stabilization process to further protect the environment prior to the secure disposal of this waste with all appropriate environmental precautions.