{"id":31656,"date":"2014-01-10T11:56:28","date_gmt":"2014-01-10T06:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=31656"},"modified":"2014-01-10T11:56:30","modified_gmt":"2014-01-10T06:26:30","slug":"china-punish-harshly-medical-waste-disposal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/china-punish-harshly-medical-waste-disposal","title":{"rendered":"China to punish harshly over medical waste disposal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"story\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/china-punish-harshly-medical-waste-disposal\/ee-9\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-31657\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"31657\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/china-punish-harshly-medical-waste-disposal\/ee-9\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/01\/ee.jpg?fit=220%2C146&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"220,146\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ee\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/01\/ee.jpg?fit=150%2C99&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/01\/ee.jpg?fit=220%2C146&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-31657 alignright\" alt=\"ee\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/ee-150x99.jpg?resize=150%2C99&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"150\" height=\"99\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/01\/ee.jpg?resize=150%2C99&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/01\/ee.jpg?w=220&amp;ssl=1 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>In a bid to reduce pollution and protect public health, China has decided to impose harsh punishment on those who will fail to handle the medical waste properly.<\/p>\n<p>Companies or government units that illegally collect, store, transport, and handle medical waste will have their licences revoked and heavily fined, reported Xinhua citing a statement from the National Health and Family Planning Commission.<\/p>\n<p>The commission said it will strengthen the monitoring of medical waste disposal companies and units, and cooperate with environmental authorities to shut down substandard waste disposal facilities.<\/p>\n<p>It will transfer those involved in environment pollution crimes to police authorities.<\/p>\n<p>It also urged local authorities to establish a sound price system for medical waste procurement before the end of 2015 and improve their hazard-free disposal of medical waste.<\/p>\n<p>(Source: IANS)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a bid to reduce pollution and protect public health, China has decided to impose harsh punishment on those who will fail to handle the medical waste properly. 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