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RECORD NUMBER: 138 OF 228| Main Title | Medical waste regulation : health and environmental risks need to be fully assessed : report to the chairman, Subcommittee on Regulation, Business Opportunities and Energy, Committee on Small Business, House of Representatives / | |||||||||||
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| CORP Author | United States. General Accounting Office. | |||||||||||
| Publisher | GAO, | |||||||||||
| Year Published | 1990 | |||||||||||
| Report Number | GAO/RCED-90-86; GAO/RCED-90-86;B-236282 | |||||||||||
| OCLC Number | 22894560 | |||||||||||
| Subjects | Environmental health ; Hazardous wastes ; Infectious wastes--Law and legislation--United States ; Medical wastes--Law and legislation--United States | |||||||||||
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| Collation | 54 p. ; 28 cm. | |||||||||||
| Notes | Cover title. "March 1990." "B-236282"--P. {1}. Includes bibliographical references. |
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| Contents Notes | Executive summary -- Introduction -- State regulation of infectious medical waste -- EPA's implementation of the Medical Waste Tracking Act -- Conclusions and recommendations -- Appendices. "Medical waste that washed up on the nation's beaches during the summers of 1987 and 1988 raised concerns about whether these wastes could transmit diseases such as AIDS... Concerned about the adequacy of medical waste management, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Regulation, Business Opportunities and Energy, House Committee on Small Business, requested that GAO examine how states regulate infectious medical waste and the implementation of the Medical Waste Tracking Act."--p.2. |