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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST fR0xJ255. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. In 1996. the Western Lake Superior Sanitary District initiated a Zero Discharge Project to work toward the goal of zero discharge of persistent toxic substances from its wastewater treatment plant. This multifaceted project focuses on mercury, lead, dioxin, polychlorinated biphenyls, and exachlorbenzene. Here, the author describes a collaboration with local hospitals to eliminate the use of mercury-containing fixatives by histopathology laboratories. Three primary roadblocks to change were identried (a) technicians'belief that pathologists would be resistant to change ; (b) lack of time to research alternatives ; (c) lack of awareness of the hospita's role in polluting the environment.
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