Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 197(5)
Опубликована: Апрель 29, 2025
Язык: Английский
Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2025
Язык: Английский
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Scientific Reports, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 15(1)
Опубликована: Фев. 21, 2025
This study assessed the health risks and toxicity of compounds found in leachate exhaust air non-incineration devices used for hospital waste management. Specifically, it measured levels potentially toxic elements pharmaceutical two disinfection treatment devices—hydroclave with shredder (device A) autoclave without B)—at a Tehran, Iran. Sampling occurred from October 2022 to March 2023. were analyzed using Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectroscopy (ICP-OES), while cytotoxicity was evaluated an ELISA reader.The results indicated that device A contained high concentrations barium (9.80 ± 1.60 µg/m3), zinc (8.60 2.25 chromium (8.45 2.30 µg/m3). In contrast, most abundant B. Analysis showed nickel arsenic had lowest concentrations, barium, chromium, highest. Additionally, Leachate analysis Device also revealed zinc, at lower concentrations. Significant compounds, such as azithromycin, ciprofloxacin, diclofenac, naproxen, detected effluent both devices, higher A, indicating improper segregation inadequate management waste. underscores urgent need continuous training, supervision, monitoring Cytotoxicity analyses particulate matter more pronounced negative impact on human cell lines (HepG2 A549) compared Health risk assessments Monte Carlo simulations carcinogenic (PTEs) particularly exceeded permissible limits set by USEPA, B posed significantly risks. These findings highlight importance educating staff proper segregation, monitoring, implementing advanced protocols protect public environment.
Язык: Английский
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Waste Management & Research The Journal for a Sustainable Circular Economy, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown
Опубликована: Март 4, 2025
Effective management of healthcare waste (HCW) imposes a great challenge to all countries. Specially in the developing countries, it is often mixed with municipal waste, adversely affecting health and safety medical personnel, general public environment. Healthcare (HCWM) basically deals segregation, collection storage, routing transportation, treatment safe disposal HCW, while obeying some national legislation. In every stage HCWM, there are several alternative choices/strategies be evaluated against set conflicting criteria. Numerous multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) methods have appeared resolve issue. This article reviews 101 articles available Scopus other scholarly databases on applications MCDM techniques solving HCWM problems. Those classified into six groups: (a) selection most effective HCW technology, (b) identification best site, (c) assessment best-performing unit adopting ideal strategies, (d) third party logistics providers, (e) barriers (f) evaluation specific plans. It observed that past researchers mostly preferred apply tools for technology problems, whereas analytic hierarchy process, trial laboratory best-worst method fuzzy theory been favoured tool, criteria weight measurement uncertainty model, respectively. The outcomes this would help personnel/policymakers unveiling current status research, exploring extant research gaps challenges providing future directions leading sustainable
Язык: Английский
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The Journal of Climate Change and Health, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 22, С. 100437 - 100437
Опубликована: Март 1, 2025
Язык: Английский
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Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 197(5)
Опубликована: Апрель 29, 2025
Язык: Английский
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