Improper disposal of medical waste can lead to the spread of infections within hospitals, clinics, and even communities. When waste is left unsecured or thrown away incorrectly, bacteria, viruses, and ...

Companies and manufacturers across the globe are looking for ways to become more environmentally friendly and reach corporate sustainability goals. While eliminating medical device waste, recycling as ...

SAN JOSE — The Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office is alleging that the South Bay’s three county-run hospitals are improperly disposing medical waste including human flesh, high-grade ...

Lawmakers are considering a bill that would tighten restrictions on the burning of medical waste after residents in central Connecticut raised concerns about a local waste facility. Senate Bill 80 ...

Tens of thousands of tonnes of medical waste have been generated in the two years since the coronavirus began spreading globally. Discarded syringes, used test kits and old vaccine bottles have piled ...

Living near Coldwater Creek—a Missouri River tributary north of St. Louis that was polluted by nuclear waste from the development of the first atomic bomb—in childhood in the 1940s, '50s, and '60s was ...

Beaches have been closed and ocean activities barred along southern Maryland after medical waste washed up around Ocean City. Officials in Ocean City announced the closure on Sunday afternoon. They ...

BARRY. THANK YOU. JUST IN TIME FOR THE WEEKEND. OCEAN CITY IS BACK OPEN FOR SWIMMERS AND SURFERS. EMERGENCY OFFICIALS CLOSED THE WATER LAST WEEK AFTER MEDICAL WASTE, INCLUDING SYRINGES, STARTED ...