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Second Hand Presented by Gary A. Symons. June 8, 2006 KAISER PERMANENTE Anaheim, CA. Kaiser Permanente . Hoover Dam and Grand Coulee Dam Worker Healthcare Workplace Safety Green
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Second HandPresented by Gary A. Symons June 8, 2006 KAISER PERMANENTE Anaheim, CA
Kaiser Permanente • Hoover Dam and Grand Coulee Dam • Worker Healthcare • Workplace Safety • Green “ I always have to dream up there against the stars. If I don’t dream I will make it, I won’t even get close” Henry J. Kaiser (1882-1967)
Second Hand and Me • Junior Environmentalist • Required by Trade • Laws and Regulations “The Worlds Not Perfect” My Mom
Second Hand Waste • Solid Waste • Confidential Waste • Recycled Waste • Hazardous Waste • Universal Waste • Medical Waste
Medical Waste • Biohazardous Waste • Trace Chemotherapy Waste • Pathological Waste • Sharps Waste • California Only Medical Waste
Pharmaceutical Waste • RCRA (Hazardous Waste) • Solid Waste • California Only Medical Waste “The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patients in the care of human frame, in diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease.” Thomas Edison - Inventor
California Only Medical Waste • Method of disposal in Healthcare • Method of disposal out of Healthcare • This isn’t a “California Only” Concern “Water, water, everywhere, And all the boards did shrink. Water, water everywhere, Nor any drop to drink.” Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834)
What can we do about the future? • Our goal today • Activism and Education • Live Long and Thrive “The future will be better tomorrow” Ex-Vice President Dan Quayle