Healing Garden Grows in Bhopal
The story of the Sambhavna Clinic, a non-profit holistic health clinic in Bhopal, India, built to treat those injured by the Union Carbide toxic gas release in 1984. enlarge video
The story of the Sambhavna Clinic, a non-profit holistic health clinic in Bhopal, India, built to treat those injured by the Union Carbide toxic gas release in 1984. enlarge video
End of an Era: The Phase-out of Mercury-Based Blood Pressure Measurement Devices in the United States and its Implications for Europe and the Rest of the World
Health Care Without Harm
Authors: Jamie Harvie, PE, and Joshua Karliner
September 22, 2008. 28 pages.
Authors: Jamie Harvie, PE, and Joshua Karliner
September 22, 2008. 28 pages.
Summary
The European Parliament has mandated a review of the technical and economic feasability of alternatives to mercury column sphygmomanometers — medical devices used to measure blood pressure.
This brief report provides an overview of the tremendous success the US healthcare community has experienced in delivering safe, accurate, affordable mercury-free blood pressure measurement. We hope it will benefit the deliberations in the EU.
