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Health-care waste can also create source of infectious aerosols with high concentrations form cultures and stocks from the medical laboratory (Weber et al. 1999).
Improper safety precautions and mismanagement of waste can contaminate food
(Figs. 6.15 and 6.16) and water (Fig. 6.17).
Fig. 6.16 Waste dumped adjacent to mango and coconut trees from which toxins may enter fruits
Fig. 6.17 A drinking water bore well next to usual waste throwing area—a situation that can lead
to water contamination
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Health-care waste can also create source of infectious aerosols with high concentrations form cultures and stocks from the medical laboratory (Weber et al. 1999).
Improper safety precautions and mismanagement of waste can contaminate food
(Figs. 6.15 and 6.16) and water (Fig. 6.17).
Fig. 6.16 Waste dumped adjacent to mango and coconut trees from which toxins may enter fruits
Fig. 6.17 A drinking water bore well next to usual waste throwing area—a situation that can lead
to water contamination
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