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2025 07 Aug

The world is confronting a plastics crisis of unprecedented scale. This crisis, intertwined with the broader planetary threats of climate change, pollution, and biodiversity loss, is now widely recognised for its vast and far-reaching impacts on both human health and the environment.    Decades of plastic production have culminated in an estimated...Read more

2024 22 Mar

  The environmental impact of ICUs was in focus at ISICEM 2024. Nicole Hunfeld, a hospital pharmacist at Erasmus Medical Center in the Netherlands, emphasised the need for a sustainable medication process, particularly noting the heightened waste production during the COVID-19 pandemic.    There is an overwhelming level of plastic waste in the...Read more