Ahmedabad: A video doing the rounds on social media shows the city civic body’s sanitation workers collecting illegally dumped biowaste including used syringes, saline bottles and used bandages. Two ...

Bengaluru’s tryst with unscientific handling and disposal of biomedical waste refuses to die down. The city has several known hotspots for the illegal and unscientific disposal of hazardous waste. One ...

CHENNAI: Posing a huge public health risk, a large quantity of hazardous biomedical waste was found dumped on the Pallavaram Lake bund along Radial Road. Upon information, the Tamil Nadu Pollution ...

TIRUNELVELI: A large volume of biomedical, plastic, and paper waste generated by Tirunelveli Medical College Hospital (TvMCH) was burnt on the hospital premises, prompting residents of MGR Nagar, ...

In August 1987, the beaches of the United States witnessed a chilling phenomenon dubbed the “Syringe Tide.” Used syringes and other medical waste, such as blood vials and body tissues, began appearing ...