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In 1988 the U.S. federal government passed the Medical Waste Tracking Act which allowed the EPA to establish rules for management of medical waste in some parts of the country. After the Act expired in 1991, responsibility to regulate and pass laws concerning the disposal of medical waste returned to the individual states.
This article lists times that items were renamed due to political motivations. Such renamings have generally occurred during conflicts: for example, World War I gave rise to anti-German sentiment among Allied nations, leading to disassociation with German names. A political cartoon lampooning the name change of hamburger meat during World War I
The Medical Waste Tracking Act of 1988 was a United States federal law concerning the illegal dumping of body tissues, blood wastes and other contaminated biological materials. It established heavy penalties for knowingly endangering life through noncompliance.
Allied Waste Industries: 1988-2008 Arizona USA: 6.230 (2007) Biffa: 1912 High Wycombe United Kingdom: 2.794 1.163 (2020) Bingo Industries: 2017 Sydney Australia: 340 36 (2019) Biogen UK: 2005 Milton Ernest United Kingdom: 25.8 (2020) Browning-Ferris Industries: 1968-1999 Texas USA: Casella Waste Systems: 1975 Rutland USA: 660 (2018) Cleanaway ...
Americans living overseas for years tell CNN Travel about some of the smaller ways that life in Europe has cut down on their cumulative stress.
Waste collectors in Aix-en-Provence, France. A waste collector, also known as a garbage man, garbage collector, trashman (in the U.S), binman or dustman (in the UK), is a person employed by a public or private enterprise to collect and dispose of municipal solid waste (refuse) and recyclables from residential, commercial, industrial or other collection sites for further processing and waste ...
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Medical authorities advise that consumers not store any drug that they would not have a reason at present to possess. [1] Storing drugs creates a possibility that someone will use them inappropriately and suffer harm. [1] Accidental ingestion of medications prescribed for another individual is a leading source of poisonings in American households.