Florida Biomedical Waste Program

 

Waste produced in the healthcare sector may in significant part be considered as hazardous waste. Florida Biomedical Waste Program  The health and environmental risks caused by this waste can be well defined and the conditions for its management can be clearly separated from those of the waste generated in other areas. Certain treatment solutions that diminish the risks of infection from medical waste and preclude scavenging may concurrently cause other health and environmental hazards. The incineration of certain kinds of medical waste, particularly those which contain heavy metals or chlorine, may release toxic substances into the atmosphere (due to, for example, insufficiently high incineration temperatures or the inadequate control of emissions). Disposal of the waste by burial in landfill may cause the pollution of groundwater (if the site is inappropriately designed and/or managed). Because of the aforementioned hazards, when a treatment or disposal solution for medical waste is selected (especially when there is a risk of toxic emissions or other dangerous consequences),  the relative risks and the integration of the method into the overall framework of a comprehensive waste strategy should be carefully evaluated taking local conditions into consideration.

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