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Health Care Without Harm - Going Green
PVC Medical Devices        3-9 PVC/DEHP Resource List        3-10 Summary of the 2002 Report of the Health Canada Expert Advisory Panel on DEHP in Medical Devices ... Medical Care        3-12 Implementing the FDA's Public Health Notification on PVC Devices Containing DEHP        3-13 PVC Medical Devices Containing DEHP: Guidelines for an Audit          3-14 Alternatives to Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC ...
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Our Stolen Future: New exposures
PVC plastics that make them flexible, and thus useful in children's toys and medical devices, among many uses. But then in mid-2000 ...
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Materials List - What do I do with...? - King County Solid Waste Division
(AA, AAA, C, D, 9 volt). Button Batteries Button batteries from watches and other electronic devices. Motor Vehicle Batteries Motor vehicle batteries, also known as lead acid batteries. Rechargeable Batteries ... #3 PVC Polyvinyl chloride (PVC), or vinyl, plastics are sometimes marked with a #3 in a recycling triangle and are used in a variety of materials such as clear food packaging, medical tubing ...
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Advanced Search - What do I do with...? - King County Solid Waste Division
(AA, AAA, C, D, 9 volt). Button Batteries Button batteries from watches and other electronic devices. Motor Vehicle Batteries Motor vehicle batteries, also known as lead acid batteries. Rechargeable Batteries ... #3 PVC Polyvinyl chloride (PVC), or vinyl, plastics are sometimes marked with a #3 in a recycling triangle and are used in a variety of materials such as clear food packaging, medical tubing ...
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Health Care Without Harm - Home
DEHP not balanced, we comment: The SCENIHR Committee finally recognised that DEHP in medical devices is a concern. However, we believe the Opinion is biased against PVC-free medical devices in favour of devices ... CONTACT US SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER LATEST PRESS RELEASES ANNUAL REPORT 2006 PVC-Free Medical Devices on the European Market (pdf) Fresh. local and organic - a ...
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GLOBAL RESPONSE ACTION UPDATE, OCTOBER 1997
PVC-containing products, mercury thermometers)" which are particularly hazardous ... not be able to be adequately treated otherwise. The medical waste regulations passed in India ban the incineration ... requires highly trained operators, maintenance of sophisticated controls, monitoring devices, and regular maintenance of multiple systems. While ...
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ARTICLE: MEDICAL WASTE INCINERATION AND THE WORLD BANK
PVC), toxic dioxins are created in the fire, particularly if ... construction bill on an Amsterdam incinerator's pollution control devices, are now allowing 33 percent of their collected incinerator ... know why, from a sample of eight proposed projects involving medical waste incinerators, there were several that required minimal amounts ...
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Global Water
As you can imagine this ... the two water sources and to install pumps and tanks and PVC pipes to receive supply water from the wells and distribute it ... food distribution was much better than safe water distribution). Medical needs were being met as the medical emergency lasted only about two weeks in duration. ...
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New POPS
In addition, the Committee identified some uses that have available alternatives that could ... in metalworking applications. Other uses include uses as flame retardants or plasticizers in PVC, paints, adhesives, sealants in buildings, PCB substitutes in gaskets, leather fat liquors, and ...
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The Greening of Health Care
While the number of medical incinerators in operation has decreased rapidly in the last few years, medical devices made from PVC are still ... medical devices account for only 5 percent of PVC production in this country. Another 75 percent goes into building materials like flooring, window frames, and piping. Additives used to harden PVC ...
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