Medical experts need to rethink how highly infectious diseases are handled in the United States, a U.S. health official said on Monday, after a Dallas nurse contracted Ebola despite wearing protective gear while caring for a dying Liberian patient. As an outbreak of the deadly virus spread beyond West Africa, hospitals and nursing associations across […]
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Judge blocks Ebola victim’s incinerated belongings from entering Louisiana
BATON ROUGE, La. (WGNO) – A temporary restraining order has been granted blocking the disposal of incinerated waste from the Texas Ebola victim’s personal items at a Louisiana landfill. The restraining order, signed by Judge Bob Downing Monday afternoon requires the transportation of the waste from a facility in Port Arthur, Texas to stop immediately. […]
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waste incinerator 每天更新 ⋅ 2019年6月20日 www.imcha.net FVRD chair calls BC incineration plan for Philippines waste ‘disturbing’ Coast Mountain News The prospect of air pollution wafting up the Fraser Valley from incinerated garbage from the Philippines is very disturbing, said FVRD chair Jason Lum. EXCLUSIVE: Trudeau government wants to burn Philippines trash at Burnaby plant cited […]
Prepping for Ebola in Pennsylvania involves orchestra of departments
If you call 911 about a fever and vomiting in Allegheny County, don’t be surprised if the operator asks whether you recently traveled to West Africa. Preparing for an Ebola case to be diagnosed in Pennsylvania is an orchestra of government departments, health care entities and private businesses, conducted by state and local public health […]
Watching Our Health Go Up in Smoke
The medical waste incineration industry was given birth to in the late 1980s by the confluence of two high profile media circuses: one – the HIV hysteria – and two – multiple media accounts of bags of syringes, needles, plasma bags, IV tubing, bottles of pills and even body parts washing up on the shores […]
Outrage: Excalibur, the Pooch Exposed to Ebola, is Killed! Murderers!
“The pet dog of a Spanish Ebola victim was put down today over fears it could transmit the disease, prompting a wave of outrage from animal lovers who chanted `murderers` outside her home. ebola Madrid regional government health spokesman Javier Rodriguez confirmed tonight that Teresa Romero Ramos`s dog Excalibur had been put down, adding: “Unfortunately […]
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waste incinerator 每天更新 ⋅ 2019年6月19日 www.imcha.net Municipal Solid Waste Incinerator Market 2024: Know Key Driving Factors, Industry Applications … The State Time (blog) The ‘Global Municipal Solid Waste Incinerator Industry, 2013-2023 Market Research Report’ is a professional and in-depth study on the current state … 标记为不相关 Oregon Senate approves bill classifying garbage burning as renewable energy […]
More burners to incinerate invasive beetle headed to Hawaii
The Hawaii Department of Agriculture says we’re only in the beginning stages of the eradication and it could take years to wipe out. “This is a very serious pest. It affects not only coconut palms, but all other palms. It will also affect bananas, pineapples, plumerias, so parts of what we know of Hawaii could […]
Hazardous waste plant awash in fines
If Clean Harbors Aragonite were a drunk driver, the Tooele County hazardous waste incinerator would have been taken off the road years ago. Instead, the plant is an alleged serial violator of its state waste handling permit, racking up monetary penalties nearly every year for a decade — a total of more than $1 million. […]
EPA News Release: Bemis Co., Inc. Settles Hazardous Waste Violations at Plant in West Hazleton, Pa.
Contact: R3press@epa.gov Bemis Company, Inc. Settles Hazardous Waste Violations at Plastic Bag Manufacturing Facility in West Hazleton, Pa. PHILADELPHIA (June 14, 2019) — Bemis Company, Inc. has agreed to pay a $78,000 penalty to settle alleged violations of hazardous waste regulations at its plastic bag manufacturing facility in West Hazleton, Pennsylvania, the U.S. Environmental Protection […]