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Water Conservation: An Emerging but Vital Issue in Hemodialysis Therapy
Water conservation refers to reducing the usage of water and recycling of wastewater for different purposes such as irrigation, laundry and sanitation. As water scarcity increases worldwide, dialysis facilities should be focused on salvaging water. However, most of them still ignorantly discard to the sewer huge volumes of this reusable resource. This article reviews the current water conservation techniques in hemodialysis and the potential benefits drawn when using this technology. Tarrass F, Benjelloun M, Benjelloun O, Bensaha T. Water Conservation: An Emerging but Vital Issue in Hemodialysis Therapy. Blood Purif. 2010 Oct 6;30(3):181-185. PMID: 20924173
from PubMed on 04 November 2010 | Direct link | Comment on this
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The health co-benefits of climate change policies: doctors have a responsibility to future generations.
Mitigating climate change presents unrivalled opportunities for improving public health. The policies that need to be implemented to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will also bring about substantial reductions in heart disease, cancer, obesity, diabetes, road deaths and injuries, and air pollution. The health benefits arise because climate change policies necessarily impact on two of the most important determinants of health: human nutrition and human movement. Although the health co-benefits of climate change policies are increasingly recognised by health professionals they are not widely appreciated by those responsible for policy. Because the existence of important health co-benefits will dramatically reduce the cost to society of taking strong action to mitigate climate change, failure to appreciate their importance could have serious environmental consequences. Health professionals have an urgent responsibility to ensure that the health benefits of environmental policies are understood by the public and by policymakers. Roberts I. The health co-benefits of climate change policies: doctors have…
from PubMed on 28 October 2010 | Direct link | Comment on this