The environmental impact of medical waste: challenges and legal solutionsdoi:10.47577/tssj.v52i1.10315Braoveanu, FloricaTechnium Social Sciences Journal
Will there be any lasting effect on the environment? One clue comes from Wuhan, China where the outbreak began in late 2019. Traffic is still down 50 percent as of late March, even as restrictions have been lifted and employees have returned to their jobs. Air travel Air travel has also ...
The main objectives of this project were to carry out case studies on emission sources and, consequently, update the emission inventories on the basis of these results. Under this large framework, a monitoring program consisting of 13 samples covering the sectors of medical waste incineration, ...
In general, PVC plastic waste represents the large amount in hospital waste. In this paper we are addressing the issue of incineration of medical waste and to control the surface water mercurial pollution, their impacts on health, environment and their remediation.Deepak Sharma...
Chapter 19 Impact of Pharmaceuticals on the Environment: Risk Assessment Using QSAR Modeling Approach Supratik Kar, Kunal Roy, and Jerzy Leszczynski Abstract An extensive use of pharmaceuticals and the widespread practices of their erroneous disposal measures have made these products ...
Recyclable wasteOperating roomTrainingEnvironmental sustainabilityThis quasi-experimental study evaluated the effects of waste segregation training on medical and recyclable waste generation in the operating theater of Ankara University Cebeci Hospital. Conducted between March and June 2024, the study included ...
HEALTH CARE WASTE Waste generated by health care activities includes a broad range of materials: used needles. Environmental impact of medications Essential idea The synthesis, isolation, and administration of medications can have an effect on the environment. Environmental Impact of Some Medications ...
A good understanding of the pharmaceuticals’ impact on the environment and ecosystems is necessary. In this chapter, the following contents were presented, including the characterization of HWW; the development of ARG; the transportation of pharmaceuticals, pathogens, and ARGs in the environment; and...
3. Plastic waste boom during COVID-19 4. Changing face of plastic waste management during COVID-19 pandemic 5. Long-term impacts of the plastic pollution outbreak on the environment 6. Conclusions and outlook Declaration of Competing Interests Acknowledgments Appendix. Supplementary materials References...
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