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After medical wastes washed up on several East Coast beaches, concern over the potential health hazards prompted Congress to enact the Medical Waste Tracking Act (MWTA) of 1988. Specifically, this act, which amended the Solid Waste Disposal Act, did the following:
- Defined medical waste and established which medical wastes would be subject to program regulations.
- Established a cradle-to-grave tracking system utilizing a generator initiated tracking form.
- Required management standards for segregation, packaging, labeling and marking, and storage of the medical waste.
- Established record keeping requirements and penalties that could be imposed for mismanagement.
- EPA promulgated the MWTA regulations on March 24, 1989. The regulations for this two year program went into effect on June 24, 1989 and expired on June 21, 1991 and were in effect in four states (New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island) and Puerto Rico. During this time, EPA also gathered information and performed several studies related to medical waste management. The MWTA and EPA's associated program served to focus attention on the medical waste issue and provided a model for some states and other federal agencies in developing their own medical waste programs.
- EPA's From the information gathered under the MWTA concurrent investigations, EPA concluded that the disease-causing potential of medical waste is greatest at the point of generation and naturally tapers off after that point. Thus, risk to the general public of disease caused by exposure to medical waste is likely to be much lower than risk for the occupationally exposed individual.
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