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
Minding the Gap: Research Priorities to Address Pharmaceuticals in the Environment
Health Care Research Collaborative
Authors: Julie Becker, Ph.D., MPH
February 2010. 28 pages.
Authors: Julie Becker, Ph.D., MPH
February 2010. 28 pages.
Summary
The purposes of this report are to 1) provide an overview of known information about the life cycle of exposure pathways of pharmaceuticals in the environment, 2) identify the gaps in our knowledge, and 3) make a series of recommendations for further research, policy discussion, and action along the pipeline of exposure pathways.
This paper is the fifth in a series of papers in which the Collaborative provides research and analysis of factors influencing patient, worker and environmental safety and sustainability in the healthcare sector. The editors of this series are Peter Orris, MD, MPH and Susan Kaplan, JD.
