Medical waste made into disposable tableware
The disposable tableware you use, milk tea cups, milk bottles, is likely to be made of medical waste!
The female boss introduced, these medical waste will have a special person to recycle, was made into tableware, milk tea cups, toys ......
There are also some were pumped into the silk, to do in the cotton clothes, think about how scary.
These are also confirmed in the reporter's investigation one by one.
Medical waste is recycled into tableware and other supplies, the factory owner said the amazing profits behind ......
Recycling point bosses said, recycling cans and beverage bottles, at most, earn a few thousand dollars a month, while the medical waste, easy to earn 30,000, 50,000 per month.
Source of medical waste
So how did medical waste, whose sale is expressly prohibited, get into the hands of these people?
A hospital cleaning foreman who was interviewed unannounced said that whoever pays more money will give it to whoever.
What's more, the processing plant knows that it doesn't comply with the regulations, but it still mixes the infusion bottles in the tableware raw materials.
Infusion tubes, infusion bottles, and even needles are mixed in, crushed by the machine, and then dissolved into the plastic, which is not visible to outsiders.
Take a look at the disposable cups being produced on the assembly line, which are made from medical waste beaten into pellets without any cleaning.
Because the raw materials are cheap, the selling price is also very low, buyers from all over the country will come here to buy, so there is a constant supply of goods.
Without any treatment of medical waste, it becomes disposable tableware, milk tea cups, jelly cups
Hazards of medical waste I. Pollution of the environment
Exposed and untreated medical waste: medical waste has a polluting effect on the atmosphere, groundwater, surface water, soil and so on. The open storage of garbage causes the release of a large amount of ammonia, sulfide and other harmful gases, seriously polluting the atmosphere, in which the decomposition of garbage emits PCBs, dioxins, etc., which are carcinogens.
The pathogens, heavy metals and organic pollutants carried by medical waste can cause serious pollution to surface water and groundwater through the leachate produced by rainwater and biological hydrolysis. The heavy metals in the waste leachate enter the soil under the action of rainfall leaching and scouring, leading to the accumulation of heavy metals in the soil and pollution. Improper handling of medical waste can also cause secondary pollution of the environment.
Second, human health
There are many disease-causing microorganisms in medical waste, which are often breeding grounds for mosquitoes, flies, cockroaches and rats. These pathogens can be transferred to humans through organisms living in the waste. Medical waste may also contain chemical pollutants and harmful substances such as radioactivity, which are extremely dangerous. If the management and training of practitioners who are directly exposed to medical waste is not very strict, more hazards may result.
Three, infectious radiation and other hazards
It is understood that the medical waste may be infectious germs, viruses, chemical pollutants and radioactivity and other harmful substances, with great danger, in foreign countries are regarded as the "top danger" and "fatal killers "and China's" National Hazardous Waste List "will also be listed as No. 1 hazardous waste. According to state regulations, medical waste must be treated by "incineration" to ensure sterilization and avoid environmental pollution.
The State Council issued the "Classification Catalog of Medical Waste" clearly stipulates that pollutants contacted by the patient's blood and body fluids as well as infusion tubes and needles in the process of diagnosis and treatment belong to medical waste and must be destroyed according to the regulations.
It is too shocking! Once again, we must pay more attention to the usual, less use of disposable lunch boxes, plastic cups and other items. Purchase bottles, toys and cotton clothes do not want to cheap, be sure to buy the regular brand products. I also hope that the relevant departments can pay attention to, do not let such things happen again!