[Pharmwaste] As Pharmaceutical Use Soars,
Drugs Taint Water and Wildlife
DeBiasi, Deborah (DEQ)
Deborah.DeBiasi at deq.virginia.gov
Fri Apr 16 10:49:47 EDT 2010
This is a long article, well worth reading.
http://www.e360.yale.edu/content/feature.msp?id=2263
15 Apr 2010: Report
As Pharmaceutical Use Soars, Drugs Taint Water and Wildlife
With nearly $800 billion in drugs sold worldwide, pharmaceuticals are
increasingly being released into the environment. The "green pharmacy"
movement seeks to reduce the ecological impact of these drugs, which
have caused mass bird die-offs and spawned antibiotic-resistant
pathogens.
by sonia shah
Deborah L. DeBiasi
Email: Deborah.DeBiasi at deq.virginia.gov (NEW!)
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Virginia Department of Environmental Quality
Office of Water Permit Programs
Industrial Pretreatment/Whole Effluent Toxicity (WET) Program
PPCPs, EDCs, and Microconstituents
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