Fozia Hamid

A Review of Medical Waste, its Environmental Consequences and Management Strategies: A Burning Issue of the Present Day Society

Haleema Bano, Fozia Hamid, M. Ashraf Bhat, Burgish P. Bhat, Umar A. Mir, Tariq Ahmad Bhat & Rauoof Ahmad Rather · International Journal of Environment and Climate Change · 2023

Medical waste has enormous consequences for human health and the environment. It has the potential to cause severe disease, if not death. If drugs end up near wildlife refuges like parks, lakes, and other natural environments, whole populations of species might be wiped off there...