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The type and form of radioactive material used in health-care establishments usually results in low-level radioactive waste and the quantity of radioactive waste is very small as compared to other bio-medical wastes which are more toxic than the radioactive materials for human life to a large extent, the Lok Sabha was informed today.
Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said in written reply to a question raised in the Lok Sabha that radioactive health-care waste usually contains radionuclide with short half-lives, which lose their activity relatively quickly. This usually will cause no immediate effects unless an individual receives a very high dose. Certain therapeutic procedures, however, require the use of radio-nuclides with longer half-lives.
Health being a state subject, the primary responsibility was of the State Governments concerned to take all necessary actions for proper management and disposal of bio-medical waste through the State Pollution Control Boards in pursuance of Bio-medical waste (Management & Handling) Rules, 1998 of Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India.
The Pollution Control Boards/Committees are empowered to ensure the compliance of provisions of these Rules. However, the information regarding States is not maintained centrally. In so far as Central Government hospitals are concerned, they are managing their bio-medical wastes in accordance with bio-medical waste rules 1998 and Central Pollution Control Board guidelines. National Guidelines on Hospital Waste Management based on bio-medical waste (Management and Handling) Rules were developed by this Ministry and circulated to all states in 2002.
