Dozens protest Springfield power plant

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) - A group called Stop Toxic Incineration pleaded with the Springfield Health Council on Wednesday night to convince the governor to stop the permit to build a wood burning power plant in the city.

The plant at 1000 Page Boulevard would burn about 800 tons of wood chips per day. The group told 22News it would pump lead, nitrous oxide and other toxic chemicals into the air.

"It's going to spew things like lead, arsenic, cadmium into the air, and we know that there are no safe levels of any of these chemicals," said Megan Jenny from the Toxics Action Center.

The Springfield Health Council plans to meet with incinerator officials at one of their future sessions.