Advancing Environmental Health and Justice: A Call for Assessment and Oversight of Health Care Waste
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Description
Addresses the impact on humans resulting from healthcare waste that is processed, incinerated or transported to landfills. Discusses the inequities that occur with transport and waste sites that disproportionately harm communities of low-income and/or of color in urban and rural areas. Highlights evidence-based strategies and advocacy efforts for public health officials to support when developing solutions to reduce healthcare waste hazards and their effect on humans in rural and urban healthcare systems.
Date
11/2022
Type
Document
Organization
American Public Health Association
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Environmental health · Infrastructure · Policy · Public health · Statistics and data · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention