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A 1960s advert with saturated colours showing plastic medical tuning, gloves and overlayed text.

The Plastics Problem: Inventing and Forgetting Sciences of Synthetic Harms

Jeremy Greene revisited the medical “plastics problem” of the 1960s and the regulatory sciences that helped earlier evidence of synthetic harms to be forgotten.

A black and white advert where a group of four people are throwing medical devices into the air.

Safe but Toxic: Hiding the Risks from Gas Sterilisation of Medical Plastics

Presentations

Bruno Strasser and Eloïse Richard examined how toxic ethylene oxide gas enabled the expansion of disposable medical plastics while its risks were made less visible.

A group of people stand and chat outside of a peaked roof building with a glass front, there's a tree in the centre of the group in the courtyard.

Medical Waste, Sustainability and the Hidden Costs of Care

Presentations

Jeremy Greene and Alice Street convened a workshop at the Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies exploring medical waste and the environmental and social costs embedded in systems of care.

Anne Kveim Lie press shot with a leafy bright background.

Plastics and Disposable Equipment in Healthcare, Past and Present

Presentations

Anne Kveim Lie joined an online training session for infection-control personnel in Norway, examining how disposable equipment became associated with cleanliness and safety in healthcare.

Outputs content

The Plastics Problem: Inventing and Forgetting Sciences of Synthetic Harms

Safe but Toxic: Hiding the Risks from Gas Sterilisation of Medical Plastics

Medical Waste, Sustainability and the Hidden Costs of Care

Plastics and Disposable Equipment in Healthcare, Past and Present