International: Health Care Without Harm Helps Hospitals Go Green
HCWH – Gary Cohen and his nonprofit, Health Care Without Harm, have persuaded hospitals around the world to close their medical-waste incinerators, dramatically cutting emissions of dioxin and other toxins.  more

India: Notice to Six Private Hospitals for Poor Medical Waste Disposal
NDTV – Six private hospitals in Kanpur were issued notices by the Pollution Control Board (PCB) on charges of not disposing medical waste properly. more

India: Disposal of Bio-medical Waste, a Problem
MedIndia – Several hospitals in India have a laid back approach towards biomedical waste management. They are directly disposing off or burning used needles, syringes, anatomical human waste, contaminated bandages, cotton gauzes and expired medicines. more

Philippines: DILG Memo on Mercury Phase-out Lauded
MB Philippines – Health Care Without Harm-Southeast Asia is lauding the recent memo of the Department of Interior and Local Government’s (DILG) which impacts in the reduction of mercury for health care facilities. more

Philippines: Senator Urges Probe on Banned Beauty, Whitening Products
MB Philippines – Senator Manuel Villar asked the Senate to investigate why some beauty and whitening products that have been banned by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are still being sold in the market. In Senate Resolution 310, Villar urged the Senate Committee on Health and Demography to check how these toxic products that have already been banned by the FDA for its high mercury content are still publicly sold. more

Amsterdam: Conference on Climate Change Advises Reducing GHG Emissions & Green Technology Usage
STAHO – The head of the United Nations climate chance secretariat, Christiana Figueres, said that all countries, especially in the industrial world, must deepen their commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), and to launch new funds to help developing countries adapt to global warming. According to UN scientists, warming by more than 2°C could lead to severe changes in climate, which would in turn affect agriculture, sea levels, water resources, human health and many species’ survival.  more

Vietnam: Toxic E-waste Poses Environmental Threat
VietnamNet – A huge amount of discarded electrical and electronic equipment (e-waste), particularly refrigerators, computers and mobile phones, is said to pose an alarming threat to the environment throughout Viet Nam.  more

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