The Dangerous of Waste Incinerators - Jane Bremmer

Jane shares with us in this presentation the dangers of waste incinerators and the negative impact this has not only on our personal health, but our entire communites.

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Jane Bremmer is based in Western Australia (WA) and has worked for environmental health and justice for more than 25 years. As the Chair of Toxics Free Australia, Jane oversees the campaigns and administration of the organisation. With a strong background in toxics disputes and environmental justice, grounded in her own personal experience living next to ‘WA’s worst toxic site’.

Jane works to empower communities to defend their human rights to clean air, water and soil through the principles of ‘community right to know’ and access to independent science and expertise. Her campaign work in Western Australia brought in the WA Contaminated Sites Act.

On behalf of Toxics Free Australia, Jane works collaboratively with the International Pollutants Elimination Network (IPEN) representing more than 700 public interest ngos globally – working for a toxics free future at the highest level with the International Stockholm, Rotterdam and Basel conventions and other international conventions aimed at protecting our environment and human health from chemicals, waste and pollution. Jane holds a BA (women’s studies) and AdvDip (Production and Design).