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We are kicking off our new “Sustainability Series” with Jeremy Greene, MD PhD. Dr. Greene is physician-historian and the founding Director of the Center for Medical Humanities and Social Medicine at Johns Hopkins University. In this episode, we speak about the shift towards the increasing disposability of medical technology and solutions to reduce the global impact of medical waste.
Resources mentioned:
• Hypodermics on the Shore, The Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/08/hypodermic-needles-disposable-syringes-washed-up-beaches/675167/
• Why are plastic syringes not being recycled?, The Lancet: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)01333-9/abstract
• After the Single Use Project: https://aftersingleuse.net/
• The PASS-UP model: https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/pdf/10.7326/ANNALS-25-01264
Episode written and produced by Dhivya Arasappan and Isha Thapar, and edited by Isha Thapar.
