The Canadian Society of Nephrology has a planning committee to find ways to reduce waste. One goal is to develop a carbon footprint calculator to collect data on the environmental impact of kidney care.
Francis Silva watches the blood flow through a straw-like tube in his left arm to a dialysis machine where it's cleaned of toxins and returned to his body through a second tube.
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The Canadian Society of Nephrology is calling for environmentally sustainable kidney care to reduce the amount of wastewater, energy and single-use plastics from dialysis.