Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this book, to buy it in print, or to download it as a free PDF. This report assesses the impact of lack of access to LLRW disposal facilities and the ...

This project, in the National Research Council's Board on Radiation Effects Research, evaluates the impact of the current policy related to low-level radioactive waste (LLRW) management on biomedical ...

Biomedical waste generated during epidemic outbreaks surges dramatically, encompassing infectious materials, used personal protective equipment and pathological residues. Rapid containment requires ...

Biomedical waste management has been a serious environmental issue the country has been facing for quite a long time now. The issue has been hitting the headlines for the last some decades as there ...

The Union government has now brought in a consolidated guidance on biomedical waste management in a bid to create uniformity in the existing biomedical waste management norms of the Central Pollution ...

Proper management of infectious waste could help halt COVID-19. UNIDO Representative in India Rene Van Berkel also said that this is possible with proven biomedical waste management practices and ...

Over the past week, surprise inspections conducted by the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) in hospitals across the city have revealed alarming discrepancies in segregation and treatment ...

Navi Mumbai: A recent study evaluating the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has found that almost 50 % of biomedical waste is being disposed off with municipal garbage. The Biomedical Waste ...

The COVID-19 outbreak has left its impact on the health, social, economic and environment sector too. The vaccine has brought a ray of hope, but the absence of a strategy for disposing of ...