Medical Waste

• Plans for Beiseker incinerator quashed by council

  At a meeting on Tuesday night, Beiseker council voted unanimously to block a medical waste incinerator from being built in the village.

  Canada

  Nov 13, 2019
  
• Beiseker residents concerned about proposed medical waste incinerator

  Residents of Beiseker are concerned about a medical waste incinerator planned for the village, raising red flags around the negative environmental impacts.

  Environment

  Oct 14, 2019
  
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• Northumberland County warns residents not to put medical waste in recycling and garbage bins

  Northumberland County says medical waste was recently discovered at a recycling facility in Grafton.

  Health

  Jan 15, 2019
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• Canadians undergo more than 1 million potentially unnecessary medical tests, treatments a year: report

  Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) reveals the eight most common unnecessary tests and procedures patients undergo in Canada.

  Health

  Apr 6, 2017
• Dad discovers containers filled with syringes, blood in Arkansas River

  An Oklahoma dad came upon a gruesome sight while boating in the Arkansas River last weekend: five containers filled with used syringes and vials of blood.

  Environment

  Mar 16, 2015
• Dentist’s patient information found scattered on Toronto street

  Ontario’s acting privacy commissioner is concerned after documents containing personal patient information were recently found scattered across a Toronto neighbourhood.

  Nov 10, 2014
• Fetal tissue from B.C. used to power Oregon homes

  An Oregon county commission has ordered an incinerator to stop accepting boxed medical waste to generate electricity after learning the waste may include tissue from aborted fetuses.

  Canada

  Apr 24, 2014