Biomedical Waste Management: An Analysis of Regulatory Framework in India

dc.contributor.advisor	Basak, Chiradeep
dc.date.accessioned	2021-07-13T13:39:50Z
dc.date.available	2021-07-13T13:39:50Z
dc.date.submitted	2020-08-18
dc.identifier.uri	http://10.4.8.224/xmlui/handle/123456789/269
dc.description	With rapid urbanization and ever increasing population growth there has been a substantial increase in the generation of solid waste with contamination of air, water and land resources. The solid wastes from different urban centers, when not managed properly, have been creating problems for human health and environment. Some of the solid wastes have been proved to be highly toxic and infectious. The uncontrolled dumping of such wastes have not only brought about increasing health hazards but also causing surface and ground water contamination and posing serious environmental threat to the human being. Bio-medical waste is as waste that is generated during diagnosis, treatment or immunization of human beings or animals or research activities. It includes sharps, solid waste, disposables, anatomical wastes, cultures, discarded material and is contaminated with body fluids (such as syringes, needles, ampoules, organs, body parts, placenta, dressings, disposable plastics and microbiological wastes). Bio-medical waste is generated from healthcare establishments and also some small sources as blood banks, laboratories and research institutes. Bio-medical waste contaminated by chemicals becomes hazardous. These chemicals include formaldehydes and phenols (used as disinfectants), mercury etc. Thus, taking account of the seriousness of the problem, the researcher through this paper has tried to explain the loopholes that our legal system is facing at present and also give some suggestions with respect to the same.	en_US
dc.format.mimetype	application/pdf	en_US
dc.language.iso	eng	en_US
dc.source	National Law University and Judicial Academy, Assam	en_US
dc.source.uri	http://www.nluassam.ac.in/	en_US
dc.subject	Waste Management	en_US
dc.subject	Biomedical Waste Management	en_US
dc.title	Biomedical Waste Management: An Analysis of Regulatory Framework in India	en_US
dc.type	text	en_US
dc.rights.accessRights	open	en_US
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dc.creator.researcher	Naz, Farzin
dc.publisher.institution	National Law University and Judicial Academy, Assam	en_US
dc.publisher.department	Law Department	en_US
lrmi.educationalUse	research	en_US