This is an interactive environmental education software program developed jointly by Purdue University and the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to provide information on the proper handling and disposal of mercury wastes produced by medical facilities.

EPA recognizes the need to develop, or support the development of incentives to move pollutant generators to policies and practices that rely more heavily on pollution prevention, rather than on management practices of pollution of disposal and release. This is especially true for persistent toxic pollutants which are sometimes managed in ways that essentially shift the pollutant from one media to another.

Keeping mercury out of water and the atmosphere is critical to our health and safety.

The purpose of this program is:

1. to introduce you to the dangers of mercury in the environment, and
2. to identify preventive measures against environmental pollution by mercury from medical facilities.

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