Gary Cohen, Uncommon Hero
HCWH's co-founder Gary Cohen is a recipient of the prestigious Skoll Award. This video, chronicling the evolution of HCWH's work, premiered at the 2009 Skoll World Forum. enlarge video
HCWH's co-founder Gary Cohen is a recipient of the prestigious Skoll Award. This video, chronicling the evolution of HCWH's work, premiered at the 2009 Skoll World Forum. enlarge video
Tools and Resources
Health Care Without Harm Resources
- Minding the Gap: Research Priorities to Address Pharmaceuticals in the Environment (pdf)
Health Care Research Collaborative - Preventing Damage from Pharmaceuticals
A Health Care Without Harm Primer (pdf) - Ten-Step Guide to Managing Pharmaceutical Waste (pdf)
Resources by Stockholm County Council, Sweden
Reducing the residues of medicinal products in the ground, water and air is one of Stockholm County Council's five most important environmental issues. Their vision is that county council operations should not add any environmentally hazardous remains of medicinal product to the natural surroundings.
The aim is for the levels of the most environmentally hazardous medicinal products in effluents from wastewater plants or in surface water to be lower in 2011 than in 2005.
- About the environment and pharmaceuticals
Informational website by the Stockholm County Council, Sweden - Environmental Classification of Pharmaceuticals,
Stockholm County Council 2008 (pdf) - Book: The Environment and Pharmaceuticals (pdf)
Other Resources
- Emerging Contaminants in the Environment
An informational website by the United States Geological Survey
