Internal Medicine
Kumar's Medical Clinic, PA
1801 Lindauer Road
Forrest City, Arkansas 72335
Phone: 870-633-5016
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Environmentally-Friendly Needle Disposal Project

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In Arkansas alone, nearly 500,000 needles, syringes,
and lancets—sharps—are disposed of in an eco-destructive
way per day.
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Annually, this totals more than 182 million used sharps
that are disposed of improperly.
Why You Should Care:
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This destructive behavior not only poses a hazard to the
environment, but also to wildlife, sanitation workers, and
others who may come in contact with serious health conditions—some
of which include HIV, Hepatitis B, and Hepatitis C.
In fact:
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Nearly 21 million cases of Hep B, 2 million cases of Hep
C, and 260,000 cases of HIV each year are due to improper
management of sharps.
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40-60 percent of new Hep B and Hep C cases are due to incorrectly
disposing sharps.
This could be you!
What You Can Do:
There is a way to help stop this, however, and it is simple:
to send these needles to drug companies for incineration. Understandably,
you may not have the time or resources and we, at Dr. Kumar’s
Medical Clinic, are providing you with the opportunity to be
part of solving this problem:
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