[Pharmwaste] SDWA contaminant candidate list nominations

[Chuck Lie]

I do water testing on a day to day basis.  The best thing to do is to
keep it out of the water.  Deciding which pharmaceutical(s) to test for
could be daunting.  

What is needed the cultural shift that is being discussed here.  I have
witnessed the flushing of pharms by Hospice (years ago) and I am
surprised by how much we have at home in our medicine cabinet and we are
not in the prime of the increased pharmaceutical age bracket yet.  

I just wanted to bring up a different aspect than the frogs.  

I have heard that human waste from chemo patients is quite nasty.  I am
not sure that small water systems well head protection programs are
fully up on all of this for their education outreach.

Education of the whole spectrum from docs to patients is called for.

Charles R. Lie



TERRA ASSOCIATES, INC
Charles R. Lie
Project Manager
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-----Original Message-----
From: pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us
[mailto:pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us] On Behalf Of
gressitt at uninets.net
Sent: Monday, March 12, 2007 8:02 AM
To: Reibstein, Rick (ENV)
Cc: pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us
Subject: RE: [Pharmwaste] SDWA contaminant candidate list nominations

Shucks, just a little bit further on the page it says.....

When do I need to submit my nominations?
EPA must receive your nomination by midnight December 15, 2006.

Stevan

> For some reason I don't have the rest of this discussion.  But if this
> point wasn't made before, it should be made.  Any one can nominate
> candidates for the Safe Drinking Water Act contaminant review!  As of
> two years ago, when I saw a presentation by someone from this program,
> no nominations had been made for pharmaceuticals, and the speaker was
> encouraging that people consider doing it.
>
> The process is described at:
> http://www.epa.gov/safewater/ccl/ccl3.html#one .  This is what EPA
says
> there:
>
> Who can nominate contaminants for the CCL?
> EPA is seeking nominations from any person who is interested,
including
> members of the general public, stakeholders, agencies, and industry.
You
> can nominate chemicals, microbes, or other materials for consideration
> on the CCL by sending information electronically, or in hard copy to
> EPA. Although it is optional, all nominations will request you provide
> us with information (including your name, title, affiliation, phone
> number, mailing address, and email address). As EPA considers
> contaminants for the CCL, the Agency will evaluate the information for
> nominated contaminants.
>
> Rick Reibstein
>
> MA Office of Technical Assistance for Toxics Use Reduction
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us
> [mailto:pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us] On Behalf Of
gressitt
> Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2007 10:33 AM
> To: pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us
> Subject: [Pharmwaste] (no subject)
>
>
>
> RE the quote below, what is the status of this "list?" Did
> Pharmaceuticals make it in if it was promulgated?
>
> Stevan
>
>
>
>
>
> its upcoming contaminant candidate list 3
>> > (CCL3), which the
>> > agency hopes to propose this winter. Under the SDWA,
>> EPA
>> > is required to
>> > develop CCLs that identify contaminants that may
>> require
>> > future
>> > regulation.
>
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