The World Health Organization points to the burning and incineration of health care waste as a source of dioxins, furans, and particulate matter emissions that pollute our air.1 Additionally, health care’s contribution to Greenhouse gas emissions has been studied and linked to acid rain, photochemical smog, and respiratory disease. These studies suggest health care itself is making people sicker.
The European Commission and others are looking at the future economy post COVID, exemplified by the proposed “Green Deal.” Though released before the COVID-19 pandemic, this initiative has recently taken on greater significance, with many policy-makers now calling for a green and ambitious recovery from the economic crisis caused by COVID-19 outbreak – a call echoed by health professionals across the world. More than 40 million health professionals from 90 different countries have called upon the G20 leaders for a healthy recovery…
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