Word: plante
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...project ran into trouble last January when a state environmental agency ruled that Harvard could not install diesel generators in the plant because they would allegedly produce dangerous levels of the pollutant nitrogen dioxide...
Michael Lambert, a Mission Hill resident who participated in the hearings as an opponent of the power plant, said yesterday, "The fight seems to have boiled down to what level of nitrogen dioxide will be harmful to public health...
Both local opponents of the plant and the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Quality Engineering introduced experts at the hearings who testified that levels above 200 micrograms per cubic meter of nitrogen dioxide in the atmosphere will aggravate lung ailments and reduce immunity to disease, particularly among children and the elderly...
...Edward Lashman, director of external projects for the University, said yesterday the power plant can meet the 400 microgram limit, and would not adversely affect public health...
However, Lambert said yesterday, "The community surrounding the power plant has a very high proportion of especially susceptible children and elderly people. This is a serious danger...