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@article{183698,
        author = {DR. SANA SHAMSHAD and DR. REETA KUMARI},
        title = {NEGLIGENCE IN THE PROPER AND SCIENTIFIC TREATMENT OF BIO-MEDICAL WASTE SEVERELY AFFECTS OUR ENVIRONMENT},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2025},
        volume = {12},
        number = {3},
        pages = {2788-2798},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=183698},
        abstract = {Massive amount of bio-medical waste (BMW) produced along worldwide need proper, scientific, and eco-friendly treatment. There are many rules and treatment methods come time to time by WHO. But there is lack of proper and scientific treatment in many countries of the world especially in the poor and under developed countries. Violation of rules and regulations is also very common in many states and cities in our country due to lack of knowledge, attitude and practice about biomedical waste. There are many treatment methods practiced all over the world for proper and scientific management of bio-medical waste.
Present study in my study area (Siwan) show lack of awareness and good management practice. Only few methods were practiced by health-care personnels here, i.e., colour-coding bins, autoclaving, chemical disinfectant, Effluent treatment plants (ETP), and needle cutter. Here, solid biomedical waste treatment is managed at some extent by Medi-care Pvt. Lim. Muzaffarpur, Bihar, but liquid biomedical waste treatment is in very poor condition. There is lack of proper working ETP for waste water treatment processes (WWTP). Only 10% private health-care facilities are equipped with ETP. When these untreated waste water released into the domestic drainage and finally reached into local river (here Daha River), then pollute the whole environment of water system and in this manner harmful chemicals present in the biomedical waste reached into underground water level. In my present study the average value of BOD was 3.96 mg/L which is higher than permissible limit, and the average value of COD was 29.33 mg/L which is very high in compare to permissible limit. The high value of BOD and COD clearly indicate that the Daha River became a polluted River.  Biomedical waste either it is solid, liquid or gaseous in nature causes many problems, it is a cause of many dangerous and infectious diseases, cause of many antibiotic-resistance micro-organisms development as well as cause of pollution of whole environment. There is no Common bio-medical waste treatment facility (CBMWTF) within 75 km around Siwan, and Medi-care Pvt. Lim. Muzaffarpur, Bihar which manage BMW management of Siwan at some extent is 127 km far from Siwan. So, it is a very tough task to manage BMW from such a long distance for Medi-care Pvt. Lim. Muzaffarpur, Bihar. Hence this negligence in the proper and scientific treatment of biomedical waste severely affects our environment.},
        keywords = {},
        month = {August},
        }