One less pampas grass in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. It is incredibly beautiful and biologically rich, harboring plants and animals found nowhere else in the world, including many rare and endangered ones. When burned with organic material, the chlorine in PVC combines with those molecules to produce dioxins and related compounds. Much can be done to minimize this environmental pollution and its adverse health effects. Last year, UCSF generated 1.5 million pounds of red-bag waste which was incinerated in Oakland.
Red bags are garbage bags found throughout medical and research settings.
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