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OZONATOR - Model NG-3000 - Medical and Bio-Hazard Waste Treatment Technology - Brochure
In the United States over 465,000 tons of biohazardous waste is generated each year by approximately 377,000 health care facilities. Traditionally, the solution to the problem of bio-hazardous waste has been incineration. However, incineration does not make the medical waste disappear; the gas by-products and resulting toxic ash endanger our health and the health of future generations. A medical waste incinerator releases into the air a wide variety of pollutants including dioxins and furans, metals (such as lead, mercury, and cadmium), particulate matter, acid gases (hydrogen chloride and sulfur dioxide), carbon monoxide, and nitrogen oxides. These emissions have serious adverse consequences on worker safety, public health and the environment. Dioxins, for example, have been linked to cancer, immune system disorders, diabetes, birth defects, and other health effects. Medical waste incinerators are a leading source of dioxins and mercury in the environment. And, if that wasn’t enough, they are not cheap. Hospitals installing or retro-fitting old incinerators are faced with capital expenditures in the millions of dollars and high annual costs for monitoring, stack testing, operator training etc. And, the regulations that such facilities must adhere to are a moving target. Typically, regulations regarding incineration technologies have been set by the achievable standards using the latest technologies available. What is acceptable today may not be tomorrow.