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Medical Waste
Hospitals ill-equipped to treat bio-medical waste -- Jun 28, 2005Majority of Indian hospitals lack adequate staff and expertise to segregate and treat bio-medical waste exposing the hazarduous matter to pollute the air ... (Deccan Herald,)
House rejects bill on medical waste dumped at landfill -- Jun 30, 2005A Woonsocket firm that treats medical waste from hospitals in New England asked the lawmakers to consider the question. By SETH McLAUGHLIN. ... (Providence Journal (subscription),)
Gary, county win medical waste plant lawsuit -- Jun 24, 2005GARY — More than four years after it opened, a controversial medical waste plant in the city may have to shut down part of its operation, a judge has ruled. ... (Gary Post Tribune,)
Residents question plans for medical waste plant -- Jun 30, 2005Plans to build a $500,000 biohazardous medical waste treatment facility, the first ever in Yuma County, were met with broad skepticism at a public hearing on ... (Yuma Sun,)
Yuma residents leery of proposed medical waste facility -- Jun 30, 2005YUMA- Residents are raising concerns about a Somerton-based company's proposal to build Yuma County's first biohazardous medical waste treatment facility. ... (AZ Central.com,)
Luster to launch medical waste disposal products -- Jun 30, 2005The medical waste disposal products, to be launched by the fourth quarter of the year are being targetted for the global market, deputy managing director Lim ... (New Straits Times,)
BCC clueless on medical waste disposal -- Jun 14, 2005BANGALORE: While the City Corporation (BCC) is struggling to manage the city’s garbage, it has totally ignored the matter of bio-medical waste and private ... (Newindpress,)
Medical waste found at dump -- Jun 13, 2005ALBUQUERQUE -- A hospital and the city of Albuquerque face state citations and fines stemming from medical waste found in a city dump. ... (KRQE,)
Sleuthing doc traces stray medical waste -- Jun 15, 2005Homeowner Anthony Heembrock fingered a local medical centre and laboratory after a garbage bag full of medical waste and patient data was dumped in his ... (Ottawa Sun,)
UPDATE: Driver May Face Charges In Medical Waste Spill -- Jun 10, 2005The driver of a lab van may face charges for an accident Thursday night that caused blood and urine samples to spill on to I-10 near the Marana exit. ... (KOLD-TV,)
Medical Waste Spill Backs Up I-10 Traffic -- Jun 9, 2005By Marianne Martinez, KOLD News 13. Traffic was backed up for several hours on eastbound I-10 Thursday night northwest of the Marana ... (KOLD-TV,)
Residents welcome medical waste change -- Jun 15, 2005MOUNT UNIACKE – The provincial government is pulling out of a contract with a company that had been selected to handle medical waste from hospitals. ... (CBC Nova Scotia,)
Medical wastes major threat to urbanites -- Jul 7, 2005...the human and animal health, said Dr. Ram Prasad Chaudhary, member of the National Planning Commission (NPC) at a programme on “Medical Waste Management in ... (Gorkhapatra,)
Give state government the lead in reviewing waste disposal plans -- Jul 2, 2005...appeal Lake Superior Court Judge Robert Pete's ruling that denied the firm a construction and operation permit for a proposed medical waste processing facility ... (Munster Times,)
‘Dangerous’ medical waste dumped in the street -- Jun 6, 2005MYSTERY surrounds how an open bag of clinical waste come to be dumped by the roadside in Highams Park. The yellow bag, marked "For ... (Waltham Forest Guardian,)
Hospitals ill-equipped to treat bio-medical waste -- Jun 27, 2005New Delhi, Jun 28 (PTI) Majority of Indian hospitals lack adequate staff and expertise to segregate and treat bio-medical waste exposing the hazarduous matter ... (Press Trust of India,)
Biomedical waste fouls Chennakuppam village -- Jul 4, 2005While the two villages have a population of 2,500, the biomedical waste treatment unit, established in 2004, collects 600 kg of medical waste daily comprising ... (Newindpress,)
Hospital dumps waste; syringes, bottles find way to scrap shops -- Jun 12, 2005Ahmedabad, June 12: Having given the job of diposing bio-medical waste to a private agency, authorities of Krishna Heart Hospital might think that their job is ... (Expressindia.com,)
Gulbarga to be biomedical waste-free soon -- Jun 16, 2005GULBARGA: The disastrous bio-medical waste emanating from hospitals and health clinics has posed a severe threat to the environment in this growing city with ... (Newindpress,)
Vadodara leads in tackling biomedical waste -- Jun 13, 2005Speaking at a seminar organised by the IMA, president Mukesh Trivedi said that more members needed to be roped into the bio-medical waste disposal management ... (Times of India,)
Stericycle Obtains New $400 Million Senior Unsecured Credit ... -- Jul 6, 2005Stericycle provides medical waste collection, transportation, treatment and disposal services and safety and compliance programs. ... (dBusinessNews Chicago (press release),)
Here a dump, there a dump: hospitals flout disposal norms -- Jun 14, 2005In a blatant disregard of Bio-Medical Waste Management Rules, 2000, the general waste from hospitals is thrown away as municipal solid waste. ... (Ahmedabad Newsline,)
Hampden to get hospital waste -- Jul 1, 2005...landfill's license. "Treated medical waste is no different scientifically than your standard municipal solid waste," Fusco said. Now ... (Bangor Daily News,)
Valley waste panel to issue letter of non-compliance -- Jun 22, 2005...facility.". But the committee agreed to issue a letter of compliance for a medical waste processing facility to operate in Harlingen. ... (Harlingen Valley Morning Star,)
Israel Line -- Jul 7, 2005...mixing devices for drugs. It also makes products to dispose of medical waste products, such as needles. [Today's Israel Line was ... (Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs (press release),)
2 Hospitals Reportedly Dump Human Remains -- Jun 10, 2005ALBUQUERQUE, NM -- State and city officials are accusing some local hospitals of dumping medical waste illegally. This week, crews ... (The New Mexico Channel.com,)
Daman firm dumps waste near Vapi -- Jun 13, 2005The Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) has lodged a complaint with the Daman Pollution Control Board over the dumping of medical waste on the outskirts of ... (Business Standard,)
Landfill has to be economically viable -- Jun 25, 2005...could never accept such waste. He said the same is true of medical waste or other potentially contaminated waste. "We don't accept ... (Picayune Item,)
Radioactive scare handled right at H-Power -- Jul 6, 2005...will.". H-Power officials say they average one radiation alarm every six weeks and most of them turn out to be medical waste. When ... (KHON2,)
Canglobe International Inc. -- Corporate Update -- Jul 6, 2005...announced releases. The Company has been operating the medical waste treatment plant at Beiseker, Alberta since June 1st, 2005. Since ... (Business Wire (press release),)
No trash goes unexamined -- Jun 7, 2005...scattered homework papers. Hernandez watched for propane tanks, paint cans, medical waste -- anything -- that doesn't belong. When the ... (Press-Enterprise (subscription),)
Caprius Subsidiary MCM Environmental Technologies Sells Two ... -- Jun 23, 2005...has received and shipped the first order from a Greek customer for two SteriMed systems, which provide for the on-site disposal of infectious medical waste. ... (Business Wire (press release),)
By Doris Gaskell Nuyda -- Jun 25, 2005...problems. other farm animals as well as food crops are raised. A medical waste incinerator, a "thermal oxidizer plant," is nearby. The ... (INQ7 Interactive, Inc.,)
Southeast Ohio Development -- Jul 6, 2005By early next year, the field overlooking Interstate 77 could be the site of a facility where medical waste would be treated using an autoclaving process. ... (WTAP-TV,)
Treating sick, infecting healthy -- Jun 17, 2005No Bio Medical waste management system exists anywhere in the Kashmir valley and Kashmir’s premier institute for women, LD hospital being no exception to it. ... (GreaterKashmir.com (press release),)
Disposal solution an elusive goal -- Jun 6, 2005For now, it's trucked to Sydney with the rest of the province's yearly 2.3 million kilograms of medical waste. There it is incinerated. ... (Halifax Herald (subscription),)
Services shut down as county fails to pay up -- Jul 3, 2005...laboratory. A hauler is no longer picking up medical waste, so syringes, dirty gauze and other discards are waiting in boxes. One ... (Buffalo News,)
Singapore Scientists Find Adult Stem Cells on Umbilical Cord -- Jul 4, 2005...news service. "With the new technology, a large number of stem cells can be obtained from a part which is a medical waste. Besides ... (LifeNews.com,)
Beach walks an in thing -- Jul 3, 2005...said. The walks began the year medical waste washed up on New Jersey beaches, giving the state an environmental black eye. "People ... (Cherry Hill Courier Post,)
Concerns close hospital waste incinerators -- Jun 8, 2005YELLOWKNIFE – Three bio-medical waste incinerators in the NWT were turned off in April because they don't meet new territorial hazardous waste disposal ... (CBC North,)
Biosphere Development Corp. Exchanges Letter of Intent with ... -- Jun 15, 2005...materials as: municipal solid waste (MSW), agricultural surpluses, agricultural effluents, forestry wastes, sewage sludge, medical waste, industrial wastes ... (Business Wire (press release),)
House panel OKs bill to enable states to restrict influx of trash -- Jul 1, 2005..."We know Canadian trash trucks have been used to transport hazardous waste, medical waste and illegal drugs to the United States.". ... (Waste News,)
Kitezi Site a Death Trap -- Jun 20, 2005The garbage contains household waste, medical waste and manufactured materials like batteries that contain lead, which can cause cancer. ... (AllAfrica.com,)
Jail inmates find pill 'bonanza' -- Jul 2, 2005...custody. The pills were supposed to be placed in secure medical waste containers for destruction, jail spokesman Jim Harms said Friday. ... (Everett Navy Base News,)
OAKLEAF CEO Will Lobby to Prevent Higher Trash Taxes -- Jun 30, 2005NSWMA is a trade association representing for-profit companies in North America that provide solid, hazardous and medical waste collection, recycling and ... (Business Wire (press release),)
The Wasteside Story of city hospitals -- Jun 12, 2005The agency selected for the job will have to collect bio-medical waste from all the stations and transport it to the facility where it will be incinerated. ... (Times of India,)
Senate ships $6.35-billion budget to Carcieri -- Jun 29, 2005Arthur Corvese, D-North Providence, that would have cemented, in law, the right of a Rhode Island medical-waste processing company, Stericycle Inc., to dump ... (Providence Journal (subscription),)
Westville even more popular -- Jun 27, 2005...months. Amongst them is 8 Langford Road, which was sold to Compass Waste Services, one of the biggest medical waste services in KZN. ... (eProp.co.za,)
Foot wounds dangerous to diabetics -- Jul 4, 2005...two companies, wary of protests from anti-circumcision and anti-stem cell groups, stress they are using noncontroversial stem cells from what was medical waste ... (The Grand Rapids Press,)
Tom Horton: Waste transported both ways over Canadian border -- Jun 24, 2005Michigan sends low-level nuclear waste to South Carolina and Nevada. • Michigan exports most of its medical waste to Ohio and Illinois. ... (Lansing State Journal,)
Great Lakes Getting Cleaner, EPA Reports -- Jun 28, 2005Significant reductions in emissions from municipal waste combustors and medical waste incinerators, achieved by 1999, resulted from regulatory mandates under ... (The Heartland Institute,)
What Could Stink This Much? The Mind Reels -- Jun 9, 2005Mr. Hawden called 911, and the word spread that medical waste had been found on a sidewalk in one of the city's luxurious neighborhoods. ... (New York Times,)
Cord blood should be kept as a free lifeline -- Jun 9, 2005...a stem-cell transplant.). The reality is that in Canada most cord blood is thrown away with other medical waste. If stem cells have ... (Globe and Mail,)
Three charged in Hampton crematory investigation -- Jun 30, 2005An outside trash bin was overflowing with medical waste. The documentation found at the crematory also did not clearly identify all the cremated remains. ... (The Union Leader,)
Doctors want to be legal eagles too -- Jun 29, 2005...about 25 laws which affect the medical fraternity which include the Hospital Act, Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, PNDT Act, Bio-Medical Waste, the list ... (Ahmedabad Newsline,)
Pressures growing on health district -- Jun 29, 2005There are the added costs of higher-priced medical staff, malpractice insurance, medical supplies, even extra building and medical waste disposal costs, he said ... (Urbana/Champaign News-Gazette,)
Kaiser hospitals recognized for mercury reduction -- Jun 8, 2005According to the US Environmental Protection Agency, medical waste incinerators are the fourth-largest source of mercury re-entering the environment. ... (Sacramento Business Journal,)
Pros, cons of cord blood banking -- Jun 26, 2005Several of our friends have signed up for it. Is it really worthwhile? A: Not all that long ago, placentas and umbilical cords were considered medical waste. ... (Monterey County Herald,)
Stem-cell legislation moves forward -- Jun 27, 2005Under the tenets of SB 80, embryos that have been declared surplus and slated for destruction as medical waste could be used for research if the woman or ... (Cape Gazette,)
Minister lashes WA -- Jun 9, 2005..."We still can't dispose of the medical waste we have in Australia because no premier wants to have to dispose of the radioactive waste from their state ... (Melbourne Herald Sun,)
Expired contract stops anthrax cleanup of AMI building in Boca -- Jun 9, 2005...dioxide gas. Last month, Bio-ONE hired a medical-waste company to help disinfect boxes that held less-sensitive materials. Cavanagh ... (Sun-Sentinel.com,)
Panel May Sue State to Get Waste Site -- Jun 7, 2005Under federal law, states can sign agreements with other states to build low-level radioactive sites to store medical waste, contaminated equipment or dirt ... (Los Angeles Times,)
All that we have -- Jun 7, 2005They see no urgency as River Mahananda is used as a solid waste and bio-medical waste dump by both Old Malda Municipality and English Bazaar Municipality. ... (The Statesman,)
Radioactive waste en route to Andrews -- Jun 7, 2005Pryor said the town has been lied to and that the waste was supposed to be only a low-level medical waste. “At the last hearing ... (Odessa American,)
Virginia is for dumpers -- Jun 15, 2005Solid waste includes household garbage, construction debris, some medical waste, old tires and treated human waste called sludge. ... (Richmond Times Dispatch,)
Hospital waste dilemma -- Jun 15, 2005...sites. companies have been invited to respond to a request for tenders to provide a solution for treating the medical waste. "A ... (Hobart Mercury,)
Waste imports continue to increase -- Jun 15, 2005Solid waste includes household garbage, construction debris, some medical waste, old tires and treated human waste called sludge. ... (Richmond Times Dispatch,)
Incinerator will keep animals out of landfill -- Jun 22, 2005...law enforcement agents. County Administrator Ron Rabun said the incinerator would not be used for medical waste. The county has ... (Anderson Independent Mail (subscription),)
Improving public hospitals -- Jun 11, 2005...hardly enforced. There is no proper adherence to the policy on waste management, particularly hazardous bio-medical waste. Unless ... (Newindpress,)
Household hazardous waste collection is Saturday -- Jun 10, 2005...extinguishers. Medical waste and explosives will not be accepted. Materials must be in their original containers and clearly marked. ... (NorthJersey.com,)
Dive On In -- Jun 29, 2005It became a "utility waterway," as Mr. Singleton puts it - a place to jettison sewage, industrial pollution, and even medical waste. ... (New York Sun (subscription),)
East PA residents oppose waste plant expansion -- Jun 12, 2005...industrial solvents, degreasers, antifreeze, paint thinners, paints and adhesives, as opposed to more volatile materials such as explosives or medical waste. ... (San Jose Mercury News,)
Military base closing threatens environment -- Jun 19, 2005Pollutants like acids, metals, pesticides and medical waste have poured into the base's land and groundwater over the course of its century-long history. ... (Reuters)
Stem Cell Phonies -- Jun 8, 2005...that might prove beneficial to millions of suffering humans-trillions, if you count coming generations-if it means damaging what is, essentially, medical waste ... (Boise Weekly,)
Bush is wrong on embryo adoption -- Jun 10, 2005...out that more than 100 babies have been born using donated embryos, but the reality is that the vast majority of surplus embryos are discarded as medical waste ... (Washington Examiner,)
Knoxville pet crematory investigated -- Jun 22, 2005Knoxville, said Monday he could neither confirm nor deny an investigation into the discovery of the remains that were contained inside medical waste bags and ... (Knoxville News Sentinel (subscription),)
New company picked for hospital waste disposal -- Jun 22, 2005Medical Waste Management of Brampton plans to build a plant in the Burnside Industrial Park, where it will treat most of the waste through steam sterilization. ... (CBC Nova Scotia,)
West Sentinel business spotlight: Junk Bee Gone -- Jun 28, 2005...of advice. They welcomed me with open arms.". Junk Bee Gone does not pick up chemicals, paint thinners or medical waste. They will ... (Knoxville News Sentinel (subscription),)
Former Psychiatric Center Jinxed By Poison Politics and Toxic ... -- Jun 22, 2005Included in the contaminants are metals such as lead, mercury and zinc, along with asbestos and medical-waste biohazards, according to an Environmental Site ... (LongIslandPress.com,)
Waste worries -- Jun 21, 2005The South Fremantle site is believed to contain household rubbish as well as asbestos, heavy metals, medical waste, marine bilge oils and toxic PCB chemicals ... (Bunbury Mail,)
AMC has no system to dispose solid waste -- Jun 20, 2005Thus all the waste, organic, inorganic, toxic, and the bio-medical waste from the hospitals and nursing homes also land up in this site. ... (Expressindia.com,)
A deadly recipe -- Jun 11, 2005Patel, adding, "Therefore it will also not be possible for pollution control boards to certify with confidence." Municipal and medical waste incineration have ... (Financial Express,)
'Clean ocean' law urged -- Jul 1, 2005With such findings as medical waste and dead dolphins, and with a recent bid to open the coast to potential oil drilling, the waters have been the center of ... (Asbury Park Press,)
Alliance Medical Selected by MedAssets for Medical Device ... -- Jun 10, 2005MedAssets' members $40 million through non-labor, supply-cost reductions over the term of the new agreement, and eliminate more 240,000 pounds of medical waste ... (Frontline Solutions,)
Medical Supplies, OHIP Info Found in Garbage -- Jun 14, 2005An Manotick man says he found medical waste and private health information in a garbage bag in his driveway. Anthony Heembrock says ... (580 CFRA Radio,)
Patient info in trash -- Jun 14, 2005He's worried that kids and pets are at risk from handling medical waste and patients from identity theft or fraud if the information fell into the wrong hands. ... (Ottawa Sun,)
Dr. Carter's family practice -- Jun 16, 2005...have. . . . Cleaning people want $400 a month for a doctor's office, and they won't touch medical waste,'' Carter says. She does ... (Miami Herald,)
Battle Creek area's congressional delegation gets behind embryonic ... -- Jun 14, 2005An estimated 8,000 surplus embryos — fertilized eggs — left over from treatments at fertility clinics are disposed of as medical waste each year. ... (Battle Creek Enquirer,)
Oral rinse tracks marrow patient's health -- Jun 22, 2005Charles Schumer, DN.Y., says his plan to create a national registry for umbilical-cord donors would turn medical waste into a medical ... > full story. ... (Science Daily (press release))
Government to raise health fees -- Jun 11, 2005Seeking to cut down medical waste and ease financial woes plaguing the National Health Insurance Program, the government plans to raise co-payment fees for ... (eTaiwan News,)
Abortion Practitioner Loses License in Kansas After Safety Issues -- Jun 12, 2005In comments to a state House committee, the former abortion facility staffer also said that all medical waste, including bio-hazardous and contaminated was ... (LifeNews.com,)
Labor dispute over laundry service ends -- Jun 16, 2005...which services about 4,500 health care facilities in 24 states, of not doing enough to protect its workers from exposure to potentially hazardous medical waste ... (Contra Costa Times,)
NHI self-payment hike to go into effect July 15 -- Jun 17, 2005BNHI Vice President Chou Li-fang said the hikes are intended chiefly to cut down on medical waste rather than generate extra revenues for the agency. ... (eTaiwan News,)
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