NJ bill would increase medical waste fines - but lacks funding Atlantic Highlands, NJ - Bill Wolfe talks about medical waste beach washups and the need to increase resources for enforcement of ...

Quest Diagnostics, one of America’s largest medical testing companies, has agreed to pay $5 million to settle charges that it improperly disposed of hazardous chemicals, medical waste and patient ...

The settlement concludes an eight-year investigation, during which district attorneys’ offices reviewed contents of dumpsters and found over 10,000 paper records containing patient health information.

Last summer, in the wake of disgusting medical waste washups on the shore - I wrote this post: Making the environment a priority - where is the leadership? Posted by Bill Wolfe August 26, 2008 7:17AM ...

It doubled the existing civil penalty of not more than $50,000 for each violation of the “Comprehensive Regulated Medical Waste Management Act,” giving the Commissioners of the Department of ...