Hospital Pollution (Environmental Management) News

Joining industry experts at the IUVA World Congress

atg UV Technology are joining industry experts this week at the International Ultraviolet Association World Congress, analysing the latest technology developments & regulations that could impact your process. As new challenges continue to arise in drinking water, reuse water and wastewater treatment, air pollution, hospital infections, ballast water treatment and industrial effluents, new ...

Feb. 3, 2016

By atg UV Technology

Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Health Care System Wins EPA Federal Green Challenge Award

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced that the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Health Care System has won a Federal Green Challenge award for transportation. The Challenge encourages federal agencies throughout the nation to lead by example by conserving energy and resources, cutting waste, reducing pollution and saving money. The Minneapolis VA, a hospital providing a range of ...

Aug. 20, 2015

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Industrial air pollution has high economic cost

Air pollution from Europe's largest industrial facilities cost society at least €59 billion, and possibly as much as €189 billion in 2012, according to an assessment published today by the European Environment Agency (EEA). Half of these damage costs were caused by just 1 % of the industrial plants. Air pollution and greenhouse gases from industry cost Europe between €59 and ...

Nov. 25, 2014

By European Environment Agency (EEA)

China to target polluters with tougher fines and penalties

China's Supreme Court and environmental protection agencies have issued a new judicial explanations that will impose harsher punishments on polluters. The new rules, which take effect this week, are intended to streamline the process for investigating environmental pollution cases and in convicting polluters. With more precise criteria for convictions and sentencing, the new rules are expected ...

Jun. 18, 2013

By GLOBE SERIES

Air pollution limits at Beijing Olympics eased heart burden (#2212)

The Beijing Olympics were a powerful laboratory for showing how improvements in air pollution improve cardiovascular health. The Chinese capital is plagued by chronic air pollution. When the city was awarded the 2008 Summer Games, it promised to improve air quality for the event, shutting down factories and limiting vehicle traffic for the Olympics and Paralympics. Junfeng Zhang, a professor of ...

May 28, 2012

By Allerair Industries

EPA approves ozone plans for areas in extreme nonattainment

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today approved the 8-hour ozone air quality plans for the two California areas with the worst air quality in the nation. These plans, known as State Implementation Plans, will enable San Joaquin Valley and South Coast to achieve the Clean Air Act’s 1997 8-hour ozone standard of 0.08 parts per million by 2024. There have been vast improvements in air ...

Dec. 16, 2011

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. EPA proposes San Joaquin Valley, South Coast, Southeast Desert as failing to meet one hour ozone air standard

With the continuing goal of improving air quality for millions of Californians, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that it is proposing to find that the San Joaquin Valley, and California’s South Coast and the Southeast Desert have failed to meet the 1-hour ozone standard by their required deadlines. Children and the elderly are most impacted by ozone pollution. The ...

Sep. 2, 2011

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

EPA awards more than $100,000 to vieques conservation and historical trust to support conservation and education programs for bioluminescent bay

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced $111,513 in grant funding to support efforts by the Vieques Conservation and Historical Trust to preserve the bioluminescent Mosquito Bay and to educate students about the need to protect the bay. Mosquito Bay is the only pristine bioluminescent bay in Puerto Rico. “The bioluminescent Mosquito Bay is one of Puerto Rico’s ...

Apr. 5, 2011

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

68 leading investors issue joint statement opposing proposition 23

Sixty-eight major investors collectively managing $415 billion in assets today issued a joint statement urging a "No" vote on Proposition 23, the California ballot initiative that would halt implementation of the state's landmark, bipartisan clean energy law. The signed statement (link below) was unveiled at a news media teleconference at 11 a.m. Pacific Time. "As investors, we need certainty ...

Oct. 19, 2010

By CSRwire - Corporate Social Responsibility Newswire

High temperatures in cities increase hospitalisation for the elderly

High summer temperatures have a clear impact on rates of admission to hospital for elderly patients with breathing problems, according to new research. Although data reveals considerable variation among cities across Europe, admission rates for respiratory causes among the 75+ age group were more than twice the admission rate for all ages in all cities. Data on hospital admissions, heat, ...

Mar. 26, 2009

By European Commission, Environment DG

Climate change could be harmful to your health

In an address to the GREENHOUSE 2009 conference in Perth, Australia, Dr Cope said the number of days Sydney experiences temperatures of 30°C or more is projected to increase significantly in the future. “This, in turn, will increase fire risk and associated levels of air pollution,” Dr Cope said. “At higher temperatures, polluting compounds from sources such as motor vehicles or bushfires react ...

Mar. 25, 2009

By CSIRO, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

Study links California hospitalizations to hotter weather

Rising temperatures have already impacted the health of thousands of Californians, according to a paper in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP), written by scientists at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). “The 2006 California Heat Wave: Impacts on Hospitalizations and Emergency Department Visits,” describes the enormous health impacts of California’s severe heat wave in ...

Aug. 27, 2008

By Natural Resources Defense Council

RUBBLE MASTER Compact-Recyclers are the ideal offshore investment thanks to mobility and a comprehensive environmental concept

RUBBLE MASTERS are the compact class when it comes to crushers: high-performance, robust and – with their compact dimensions – easy to transport. They are mobile on the job site and easy to handle with just one operator. And the huge benefit for a number of applications: thanks to their comprehensive environmental concept they can also be used in sensitive and even residential areas. This is what ...

Jul. 1, 2008

By Rubble Master HMH GmbH

Monitoring team discovers huge arsenic pollution in Chinese river

Relevant heads of SEPA notified the media on the arsenic pollution accidents of Ruifeng Mining Industry Ltd. Company in Dushan County, Guizhou province. This was a bad environmental pollution accident, which left us deep lessons, he said. He said, Ruifeng Company put the outdated vitriol production lines, which should to be phased out according to State orders and were left unused for nearly two ...

Feb. 26, 2008

By Chinese Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA)

Pollution Prevention Videoconference Links Hospital Staffers

OLYMPIA, Washington (ENS) - Hospital employees across Washington state can learn the most current methods for managing and reducing hospital wastes, especially from disinfection and sterilization processes, at an interactive videoconference broadcast to six locations on March 8, 2007. Through speaker presentations, question and answer sessions and local roundtable discussions, participants will ...

Feb. 21, 2007

By Environment News Service (ENS)

Sixty Percent of Israeli Factories Violate Air Standards

JERUSALEM, Israel , April 18, 2005 (ENS) - Sixty percent of Israeli factories are in violation of national air quality standards, according to a report issued today by the Ministry of the Environment. The Southern region had the greatest number of industrial plants checked and the greatest number exceeding pollution standards. In ...

Apr. 18, 2004

By Environment News Service (ENS)

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