[Pharmwaste] "drug throw away month"

Tenace, Laurie Laurie.Tenace@dep.state.fl.us
Thu, 14 Jul 2005 12:59:26 -0400


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Here's a post from Lynn Rubenstein:

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Hello.  Just an interesting tidbit to share. I just had a conversation =
with
an ad agency in Boston who wanted NERC's help in promoting their October
"drug throw away month" program. When questioned, she said yes, it =
really was
to encourage people to "get rid of their expired and unwanted drugs by
throwing them out or flushing them."  I stressed that while I supported =
the
need to get expired and unwanted medications of the home, telling people =
to
just "get rid of them" was a grossly negligent strategy for the health =
plan
to be taking.  I stressed the need for proper disposal, including haz. =
waste
and police involvement.  She said "she'd pass the word".  Great. Lynn

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Lynn Rubinstein, Executive Director

Northeast Recycling Council, Inc.

139 Main St., Suite 401

Brattleboro, VT  05301

lynn@nerc.org    www.nerc.org

802-254-3636/802-254-5870 fax

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Laurie J. Tenace

Environmental Specialist

Florida Department of Environmental Protection

2600 Blair Stone Road, MS 4555

Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2400

PH: (850) 245-8759

FAX: (850) 245-8811

Laurie.Tenace@dep.state.fl.us

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view our mercury web pages at:=20

http://www.dep.state.fl.us/waste/categories/mercury/default.htm

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from
Lynn Rubenstein:</span></font></p>

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face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Hello.&nbsp; Just =
an interesting
tidbit to share. I just had a conversation with an ad agency in Boston =
who wanted NERC's help in promoting their October &quot;drug throw away =
month&quot;
program. When questioned, she said yes, it really was to encourage =
people to
&quot;get rid of their expired and unwanted drugs by throwing them out =
or
flushing them.&quot;&nbsp; I stressed that while I supported the need to =
get expired
and unwanted medications of the home, telling people to just &quot;get =
rid of
them&quot; was a grossly negligent strategy for the health plan to be =
taking.&nbsp;
I stressed the need for proper disposal, including haz. waste and police
involvement.&nbsp; She said &quot;she'd pass the word&quot;.&nbsp; =
Great. Lynn</span></font></p>

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face=3D"Courier New"><span
 style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Lynn =
Rubinstein</span></font><font
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style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>,
Executive Director</span></font></p>

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face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Northeast Recycling =
Council,
Inc.</span></font></p>

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face=3D"Courier New"><span
  style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>139 Main St., =
Suite 401</span></font></p>

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face=3D"Courier New"><span
  style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier =
New"'>Brattleboro</span></font><font
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style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>,
 VT&nbsp; 05301</span></font></p>

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face=3D"Courier New"><span
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New"'>lynn@nerc.org&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a
href=3D"www.nerc.org">www.nerc.org</a></span></font></p>

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face=3D"Courier New"><span
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fax</span></font></p>

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style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

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style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>Laurie
J. Tenace</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>Environmental
Specialist</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>Florida
Department of Environmental Protection</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>2600</span></font><font
 size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'> Blair Stone Road, =
MS</span></font><font
size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'> 4555</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>Tallahassee</span></font><font
 size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>, Florida =
32399-2400</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>PH:
(850) 245-8759</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>FAX:
(850) 245-8811</span></font></p>

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style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'><a
href=3D"mailto:Laurie.Tenace@dep.state.fl.us">Laurie.Tenace@dep.state.fl.=
us</a></span></font></p>

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