Medical waste goes missing - SA - Democratic Underground

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Medical waste goes missing - SA

Craig Bishop

Pietermaritzburg - Almost half of KwaZulu-Natal's medical waste is unaccounted for, and is finding its way into illegal dumps, where scavengers sort through the toxic waste.

There is also not one incinerator in the province that meets the legal requirements for the incineration of medical waste.

These were just some of the shocking facts released by Pietermaritzburg-based green activist organisation groundWork.

Addressing hospital workers, groundWork's Llewellyn Leonard said that about 200 tons of medical waste finds its way into illegal dumpsites, many in residential areas.

http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_1524223,00.html

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