Environmental Health

With increasing population and industrialization, waste management is becoming a severe problem around the world. Proper means of waste disposal is crucial to public health and the environment....

Mercury lamps provide efficient lighting in many schools, buildings, and households. Although they save a lot of energy and are generally good for the environment, they also--as the name...

Nuclear waste is some of the most dangerous material in existence. Although the U.S. produces a large amount of radioactive waste, they have policies and procedures set up to ensure that nuclear...

Compact fluorescent bulbs use an average of 50 percent less energy than standard incandescent bulbs and have a dramatically increased life span. These bulbs also have a few dangers that should be...

Although we often dispose of waste by simply contracting out to removal services, the type of waste disposal system our community uses has a large impact on the environment and our health. Even...

Hazardous waste treatment, storage and disposal is not just an environmental concern, but a public health hazard that can even exist around the home in unsuspecting products. Even the proper...

Hazardous waste has immediate or long-term risks to humans, animals, plants or the environment. Because of this, it is unsafe to dispose it with general waste and needs specific disposal methods....

One of the most overlooked, yet dangerous, types of waste is biological waste. Biological waste can carry infectious disease and produce greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global warming....

Toxic waste is also known as hazardous waste. This type of waste is produced by industries and corporations and individual households alike. According to SGP Partnership (2008), hazardous waste is...

Properly disposing of waste is not just a personal responsibility; some kinds of waste, usually hazardous, must be properly disposed of according to law set forth by the Environmental Protection...

The problem of solid waste is a growing concern for America and the world; so much so that the federal government dedicates an entire federal agency, The Environmental Protection Agency, to...

One of the biggest dangers in our environment is hazardous waste. It wasn't until the passage of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) of 1976 that federal laws covered the storage and...

In February 2007, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) released federal guidelines for the proper disposal of prescription...

Biomedical waste, also known as infectious waste or medical waste, is defined as solid waste generated during the diagnosis, testing, treatment, research or production of biological products for...

Hazardous waste is considered potentially dangerous to humans or the environment. It includes solids, liquids, gases and sludges and often includes discarded manufacturing wastes. Household items,...

Removing asbestos from a home or place of business requires careful planning and preparation. Asbestos is actually a collection of minerals that are seen as long, thin fibers woven together used...

Biomedical waste consists of used medical supplies that could potentially contain disease. That includes waste from laboratories, like live vaccines, tissue, bone and blood samples, body fluids or...

Our world has become filled with so much plastic and disposable trash. The amounts of disposable trash made for our “convenience” has inadvertently affected our environment in many ways, from...

Like air and water, soil is essential for life; our food, clothes, and medicines and most of the materials in our homes and cars originated from the soil, either directly or indirectly. Now...

VHS cassettes and other magnetic recording media are becoming obsolete. Disposal presents environmental and health issues that cannot be ignored. Tossing old videos into the garbage is not an...

Waste disposal falls into three general categories: non-hazardous, hazardous and nuclear waste disposal. Non-hazardous waste includes household or office waste such as food, product containers,...

Medical waste, or clinical waste, is a range of waste products that are produced by the health care industry, typically in settings that include hospitals, doctors' offices, nursing homes and...

Toxic waste, also known as hazardous waste, is often a type of dangerous waste that is harmful to living organisms. These waste products are not easily recycled and are usually discarded and...

Waste disposal is a growing problem worldwide and is directly connected to industrial development and population growth. Since early modern times, disposing of waste has been an important concern...

According to the Associated Press, there is a list of pharmaceuticals, such as Celebrex, Prozac, Premarin and more, floating around in our drinking water. How do they get into our water supply? ...

Spring is in the air, time to drag out the patio furniture, short-sleeve shirts and the barbeque grill. But the propane tank for your grill looks like it needs to be replaced. If so, you'll need...

Improper disposal of weed killers can allow chemicals to leak into storm drains, roadside ditches and from there, into lakes and rivers. They can enter our drinking water through the ground water...

You can keep ammunition as long as you have a license for it. Often the corresponding state department will need a good reason from you to possess it. In many cases, people have guns and pistols...