This is a very interesting concept to me. I think it goes to show how effective blogging is as a mass communication media. My topic of interest for this was Medical Waste. It is hard to believe what we are doing with this toxic material. I did some research on the web and found out general information about medical waste.
Medical waste is an increasing issue that is troubling the world. Large urban hospitals can produce more than 2 million tons of medical waste each year. A big cause in this issue is clinics and hospitals throwing there medical waste in regular trash, which can cause contamination and spreading of diseases. Others burn their waste in open fields or in small incinerators without pollution control, exposing communities downwind to toxic byproducts such as dioxins and mercury, and generating potentially hazardous ash.
Over the years the world has learned that incineration is a leading source of highly toxic dioxin, mercury, lead and other dangerous air pollutants that threaten human health and the environment.
HCWH (Health Care Without Harm) is an organization that was formed to help decrease the amount of toxicity generated by the health fields medical waste. There purpose is to ensure proper management and disposal of medical waste and to decrease the dangerous practice of incineration by promoting and implementing alternatives.
Plans to reduce this issue are being implemented around the world, some of these alternatives include:
Waste minimization, segregation
Alternative technologies
Alternative technologiy suppliers
The GEF Project.
Immunization Waste
noharm.org
medical waste picture
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