Abstract

Dr. Parul Parvesh Verma*

ABSTRACT

This article reviews about hospital waste incineration and the toxins- dioxins and furans. The waste generated from hospital carries a higher potential for infections and injuries. BMW are defined as wastes generated during the laboratory diagnosis, treatment or immunization of humans or animals, or during research activities or in the production of biological. The novel and ingenious method for BMWM aims at avoiding generation of waste or recovering as much as waste possible rather than disposing off. The first solution for the disposal of BMW was to burn the waste. It is a controlled combustion process. It is based on high temperature (800-1000°C) dry oxidation process that reduces organic and combustible waste into nonorganic incombustible matter, resulting in very significant reduction of waste volume and waste. Dioxins are unintentional toxic product released during this operation. Noisome effects of dioxins and furans are decrease in immune response, allergic respiratory disease, mutagenic, carcinogenesis, hypothyroidism, wasting of body-mass etc. In this review article there is a brief discussion about beneficial and harmful effects of incineration and a brief about of dioxins and furans the toxins released during the process of incineration.