Wednesday, January 27, 2021
On January 20, 2021, Health Care Without Harm (HCWH) Europe and 12 other health, environment, and justice organizations sent a letter to Bjorn Hansen, Executive Director of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) “seeking clarifications on both the applicable legal framework and risk management measures in place, for nano/biocidal-treated articles in the context of the current COVID-19 pandemic.” The letter states that “[a]s a result of laboratory tests supposedly showing antiviral activity against a range of viruses, the use of biocides/nanoparticles to combat SARS-CoV-2 transmission (particularly silver) is rapidly growing.” According to the letter, the European Union (EU) market currently includes products such as face masks treated with silver, zinc oxide, or copper nanoparticles; “anticovid” paper containing nanostructured zinc-silver; and nanosilver-containing surface disinfectants. The letter states that according to mark
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On January 20, 2021, Health Care Without Harm (HCWH) Europe and 12 other health, environment, and justice organizations sent a letter to Bjorn Hansen, Executive Director of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) “seeking clarifications on both the applicable legal framework and risk management measures in place, for nano/biocidal-treated articles in the context of the current COVID-19 pandemic.” The letter states that “[a]s a result of laboratory tests supposedly showing antiviral activity against a range of viruses, the use of biocides/nanoparticles to combat SARS-CoV-2 transmission (particularly silver) is rapidly growing.” According to the letter, the European Union (EU) market currently includes products such as face masks treated with silver, zinc oxide, or copper nanoparticles; “anticovid” paper containing nanostructured zinc-silver; and nanosilver-containing surface disinfectants. The letter states t
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On January 20, 2021, Health Care Without Harm (HCWH) Europe and 12 other health, environment, and justice organizations sent a letter to Bjorn Hansen, Executive Director of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) seeking clarifications on both the applicable legal framework and risk management measures in place, for nano/biocidal-treated articles in the context of the current COVID-19 pandemic.
January 26th, 2021
Health, Environment, and Justice Organizations Seek Clarification from ECHA on Nano and Biocidal-Treated Products
On January 20, 2021, Health Care Without Harm (HCWH) Europe and 12 other health, environment, and justice organizations sent a letter to Bjorn Hansen, Executive Director of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) seeking clarifications on both the applicable legal framework and risk management measures in place, for nano/biocidal-treated articles in the context of the current COVID-19 pandemic. See https://noharm-europe.org/documents/important-questi
ALMH recognized for climate-reduction efforts
The Courier
LINCOLN – Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital received an international award recognizing its work for climate control.
The nonprofit hospital was one of more than 40 health care organizations in 17 countries to receive the 2020 Climate Champions Award from Health Care Without Harm, a global organization dedicated to reducing the environmental footprint of health care organizations.
The hospital received a silver award for greenhouse gas reduction (energy), another silver for climate leadership and a gold award for climate resilience.
The hospital began its sustainability journey four years ago, significantly reducing energy usage by switching to energy-efficient light bulbs and installing occupancy sensors in patient rooms to standardize the climate in the rooms. These measures helped to reduce landfill waste and greenhouse gas emissions.
Coronavirus Was Found to be Inactive on Roppe® Non-Porous Rubber Flooring After 24 Hours
Independent testing disputes the widely accepted view that the coronavirus can live on surfaces for up to seven days. Fostoria, OH, January 12, 2021 (PR.com) The coronavirus pandemic has triggered a robust inquiry into the role that surfaces may play in transmitting SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
Data presented in The Lancet, an independent medical journal known to be an authoritative voice in global medicine, resulted in reports that the coronavirus can be detected on different surfaces in a contaminated site, and can potentially live on plastic surfaces for three to seven days.