Hospital Incinerators: They May Be Making People Sick
The same hospitals that are working to heal people’s poor health may be making them sick when they burn their medical waste in incinerators, thus releasing dioxin into the environment. Julie Edelson-Halpert reports on this still wide-spread practice and on what other options are possible.
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