[Pharmwaste] Re: Pharmwaste Digest, Vol 58, Issue 2
Ronald Ney
randsney at gmail.com
Thu Aug 5 14:02:32 EDT 2010
FYI Ron Ney
*Pharmaceutical Companies Provide EPA 100 Drugs to Help Predict Toxicity *
Release date: 05/13/2010
Contact Information: Latisha Petteway, petteway.latisha at epa.gov,
202-564-3191, 202-564-4355
*WASHINGTON *- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will continue
validating its ToxCast screening tool by screening more than 100 drugs
provided by Pfizer, GlaxoSmithKline, Sanofi-Aventis, and Merck. These drugs
never entered the marketplace because they demonstrated different types and
levels of toxicity when the pharmaceutical companies conducted the early
stage clinical trials required by the Food and Drug Administration as part
of the drug development process. EPA researchers will quickly screen the
drugs and then compare those results with the clinical trial results.
Assessment of the similarities and differences in the results will improve
EPA’s ability to screen chemicals for toxicity.
“For the first time, we’ll have both ToxCast screening data and results from
toxicology studies and human clinical trials,” said Dr. Paul Anastas, EPA’s
assistant administrator of the Office of Research and Development. “This is
an important step in accessing the treasure trove of data that the
pharmaceutical industry has in ways that helps protect human health and the
environment."
Because of the high cost and the long process of conducting chemical
testing, only a small fraction of the thousands of available chemicals have
been assessed for potential human health risk. EPA is using its ToxCast
screening tool to help efficiently understand how chemicals may impact
processes in the human body that could lead to adverse health effects.
Currently, ToxCast includes 500 automated chemical screening tests that have
assessed more than 300 environmental chemicals.
The clinical trial data will help EPA select the ToxCast screening tests and
biological profiles that are the most predictive. The tests and profiles
will be used as indicators of potential toxicity for future chemical
screening. The ToxCast screening results will be available online for
scientists and the interested public to use.
This collaboration was fostered by the International Life Sciences Health
and Environmental Science Institute, a non-profit organization of
international scientists representing academia, industry, regulatory
agencies, and government institutions that come together to reach consensus
on complex scientific questions. The organization adopted the inclusion of
failed drug candidates into ToxCast as their emerging issue of 2009.
More information on ToxCast: http://www.epa.gov/ncct/toxcast/
On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 12:45 PM,
<pharmwaste-request at lists.dep.state.fl.us>wrote:
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> Today's Topics:
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> 1. Portable Drug Incinerator (Jeff Hollar)
> 2. RE: Portable Drug Incinerator (Kernen, Brandon)
> 3. RE: Portable Drug Incinerator (Volkman, Jennifer (MPCA))
> 4. RE: Portable Drug Incinerator (Matthew C. Mireles)
> 5. Re: Pharmwaste Digest, Vol 58, Issue 1 (Ronald Ney)
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "Jeff Hollar" <JHollar at pwaste.com>
> To: <pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us>
> Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2010 09:46:07 -0500
> Subject: [Pharmwaste] Portable Drug Incinerator
>
> All,
>
>
>
> This is not an endorsement. I thought the members of this listserv would
> find it interesting. Hundreds of law enforcement agencies across the
> country are utilizing this technology for the disposal of small amounts of
> DEA controlled substances. This portable drug incinerator is also being
> utilized in conjunction with consumer take back programs through law
> enforcement. I was told the delivered price was under $5,000.
>
>
>
> BYOM – Bring your own marshmallows?
>
>
>
> Product: Drug Terminator
>
> Website: http://www.elastec.com/portableincinerators/drugterminator/
>
>
>
> Jeff Hollar
>
> President
>
>
>
> *PharmWaste Technologies, Inc.*
>
> 4164 NW Urbandale Dr., Suite A
>
> Urbandale, IA 50322
>
> (P) 515-276-5302 Ext. 316
>
> (D) 515-331-7310
>
> (F) 480-393-5564
>
> (E) Jhollar at Pwaste.com
>
> (W) www.pwaste.com
>
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "Kernen, Brandon" <Brandon.Kernen at des.nh.gov>
> To: "Jeff Hollar" <JHollar at pwaste.com>, <pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us>
> Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2010 10:57:41 -0400
> Subject: RE: [Pharmwaste] Portable Drug Incinerator
>
> Thank you.
>
>
>
> In New Hampshire, due to air, hazardous waste and solid waste burning
> statutes/regulations, this device would have to meet pretty strict emission
> standards and control requirements. We have encouraged law enforcement
> agencies NOT to purchase this these types of destruction devices unless it
> is clear the charcoal/wood fired device with no smoke stack can meet these
> standards.
>
>
>
> I agree having this destruction option would be a great thing if it can be
> shown to be lawful in NH.
>
>
>
> Brandon Kernen, PG - Supervisor, Hydrology and Conservation Program
> Drinking Water and Groundwater Bureau Phone: 603 271 0660/Fax: 603 271
> 0656
> http://des.nh.gov/organization/divisions/water/dwgb/dwspp/index.htm
>
> -----Original Message-----
> *From:* pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us [mailto:
> pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us] *On Behalf Of *Jeff Hollar
> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 04, 2010 10:46 AM
> *To:* pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us
> *Subject:* [Pharmwaste] Portable Drug Incinerator
>
>
>
> All,
>
>
>
> This is not an endorsement. I thought the members of this listserv would
> find it interesting. Hundreds of law enforcement agencies across the
> country are utilizing this technology for the disposal of small amounts of
> DEA controlled substances. This portable drug incinerator is also being
> utilized in conjunction with consumer take back programs through law
> enforcement. I was told the delivered price was under $5,000.
>
>
>
> BYOM – Bring your own marshmallows?
>
>
>
> Product: Drug Terminator
>
> Website: http://www.elastec.com/portableincinerators/drugterminator/
>
>
>
> Jeff Hollar
>
> President
>
>
>
> *PharmWaste Technologies, Inc.*
>
> 4164 NW Urbandale Dr., Suite A
>
> Urbandale, IA 50322
>
> (P) 515-276-5302 Ext. 316
>
> (D) 515-331-7310
>
> (F) 480-393-5564
>
> (E) Jhollar at Pwaste.com
>
> (W) www.pwaste.com
>
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "Volkman, Jennifer (MPCA)" <Jennifer.Volkman at state.mn.us>
> To: Jeff Hollar <JHollar at pwaste.com>, "pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us" <
> pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us>
> Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2010 10:02:18 -0500
> Subject: RE: [Pharmwaste] Portable Drug Incinerator
> This has gone around before, it is illegal in most states and/or the
> permitting requirements are too onerous to make it a realistic option. It
> is likely better to look at ways to open up WTE facilities to accept them
> within states if that is an option. It is a good option in MN given that we
> have maybe 10 varieteis of them. And I'm not going to argue with anyone
> about incineration again :)
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us [
> pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us] On Behalf Of Jeff Hollar [
> JHollar at pwaste.com]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 04, 2010 9:46 AM
> *To:* pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us
> *Subject:* [Pharmwaste] Portable Drug Incinerator
>
> All,
>
>
>
> This is not an endorsement. I thought the members of this listserv would
> find it interesting. Hundreds of law enforcement agencies across the
> country are utilizing this technology for the disposal of small amounts of
> DEA controlled substances. This portable drug incinerator is also being
> utilized in conjunction with consumer take back programs through law
> enforcement. I was told the delivered price was under $5,000.
>
>
>
> BYOM – Bring your own marshmallows?
>
>
>
> Product: Drug Terminator
>
> Website: http://www.elastec.com/portableincinerators/drugterminator/
>
>
>
> Jeff Hollar
>
> President
>
>
>
> *PharmWaste Technologies, Inc.*
>
> 4164 NW Urbandale Dr., Suite A
>
> Urbandale, IA 50322
>
> (P) 515-276-5302 Ext. 316
>
> (D) 515-331-7310
>
> (F) 480-393-5564
>
> (E) Jhollar at Pwaste.com
>
> (W) www.pwaste.com
>
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "Matthew C. Mireles" <mirelesmc at earthlink.net>
> To: "Kernen,Brandon" <Brandon.Kernen at des.nh.gov>, Jeff Hollar <
> JHollar at pwaste.com>, pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us
> Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2010 10:49:44 -0500 (GMT-05:00)
> Subject: RE: [Pharmwaste] Portable Drug Incinerator
>
> One company based in Houston is using another technology to process medical
> waste...
>
>
>
> http://www.sharpsinc.com/pella-drx.htm
>
>
>
> If anyone has experience with this or knows more about it from the
> environmental angle, please share.
>
>
>
> matthew mireles
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Kernen, Brandon"
> Sent: Aug 4, 2010 9:57 AM
> To: Jeff Hollar , pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us
> Subject: RE: [Pharmwaste] Portable Drug Incinerator
>
> Thank you.
>
>
>
> In New Hampshire, due to air, hazardous waste and solid waste burning
> statutes/regulations, this device would have to meet pretty strict emission
> standards and control requirements. We have encouraged law enforcement
> agencies NOT to purchase this these types of destruction devices unless it
> is clear the charcoal/wood fired device with no smoke stack can meet these
> standards.
>
>
>
> I agree having this destruction option would be a great thing if it can be
> shown to be lawful in NH.
>
>
>
> Brandon Kernen, PG - Supervisor, Hydrology and Conservation Program
> Drinking Water and Groundwater Bureau Phone: 603 271 0660/Fax: 603 271
> 0656
> http://des.nh.gov/organization/divisions/water/dwgb/dwspp/index.htm
>
> -----Original Message-----
> *From:* pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us [mailto:
> pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us] *On Behalf Of *Jeff Hollar
> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 04, 2010 10:46 AM
> *To:* pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us
> *Subject:* [Pharmwaste] Portable Drug Incinerator
>
>
>
> All,
>
>
>
> This is not an endorsement. I thought the members of this listserv would
> find it interesting. Hundreds of law enforcement agencies across the
> country are utilizing this technology for the disposal of small amounts of
> DEA controlled substances. This portable drug incinerator is also being
> utilized in conjunction with consumer take back programs through law
> enforcement. I was told the delivered price was under $5,000.
>
>
>
> BYOM – Bring your own marshmallows?
>
>
>
> Product: Drug Terminator
>
> Website: http://www.elastec.com/portableincinerators/drugterminator/
>
>
>
> Jeff Hollar
>
> President
>
>
>
> *PharmWaste Technologies, Inc.*
>
> 4164 NW Urbandale Dr., Suite A
>
> Urbandale, IA 50322
>
> (P) 515-276-5302 Ext. 316
>
> (D) 515-331-7310
>
> (F) 480-393-5564
>
> (E) Jhollar at Pwaste.com
>
> (W) www.pwaste.com
>
>
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Ronald Ney <randsney at gmail.com>
> To: pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us
> Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2010 12:44:38 -0600
> Subject: [Pharmwaste] Re: Pharmwaste Digest, Vol 58, Issue 1
> PHARM RESIDUES IN CROPS
>
>
>
> How do you really know what the total residues (parent and degradation
> products) are without doing a radio tracer on parent chemical to discern
> total extraction? Such is required for pesticides.
>
>
>
> Dr. Ron Ney
>
>
> Aug 4, 2010 at 7:50 AM, <pharmwaste-request at lists.dep.state.fl.us> wrote:
>
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>> Today's Topics:
>>
>> 1. Synthetic estrogen BPA coats cash register receipts
>> (DeBiasi, Deborah (DEQ))
>> 2. Whatever happened to thermal depolymerization? (Stevan Gressitt)
>> 3. Fwd: Safe Medicine Symposium - Just 5 Days Left to Submit a
>> Proposal (Stevan Gressitt)
>> 4. SF studied compost made from effluent (Tenace, Laurie)
>> 5. Chemicals in rivers linked to sexual changes in fish -
>> article, Canada (Tenace, Laurie)
>> 6. Little testing being done locally of Rx drug levels in water
>> (article from IN) (Tenace, Laurie)
>> 7. Crops absorb Pharmaceuticals from treated sewage (article,
>> C&EN News) (Tenace, Laurie)
>> 8. Public Radio's Marketplace lauds "biosolids" pellets
>> (Pete Pasterz)
>> 9. S 3397 passes the Senate - Secure and Responsible Drug
>> Disposal Act of 2010 (Sierra Fletcher)
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: "DeBiasi, Deborah (DEQ)" <Deborah.DeBiasi at deq.virginia.gov>
>> To: <pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us>
>> Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:49:18 -0400
>> Subject: [Pharmwaste] Synthetic estrogen BPA coats cash register receipts
>> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/26/AR201007
>> 2605001.html
>>
>> Disputed chemical bisphenol-A found in paper receipts
>>
>> By Lyndsey Layton
>> Washington Post Staff Writer
>> Tuesday, July 27, 2010; A13
>>
>>
>>
>> As lawmakers and health experts wrestle over whether a controversial
>> chemical, bisphenol-A, should be banned from food and beverage
>> containers, a new analysis by an environmental group suggests Americans
>> are being exposed to BPA through another, surprising route: paper
>> receipts.
>>
>> The Environmental Working Group found BPA on 40 percent of the receipts
>> it collected from supermarkets, automated teller machines, gas stations
>> and chain stores. In some cases, the total amount of BPA on the receipt
>> was 1,000 times the amount found in the epoxy lining of a can of food,
>> another controversial use of the chemical.
>>
>> Sonya Lunder, a senior analyst with the environmental group, says BPA's
>> prevalence on receipts could help explain why the chemical can be
>> detected in the urine of an estimated 93 percent of Americans, according
>> to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
>>
>> "We've come across potentially major sources of BPA right here in our
>> daily lives," Lunder said. "When you're carrying around a receipt in
>> your wallet for months while you intend to return something, you could
>> be shedding BPA into your home, into your environment. If you throw a
>> receipt into a bag of food, and it's lying there against an apple, or
>> you shove a receipt into your bag next to a baby pacifier, you could be
>> getting all kinds of exposure and not realize it."
>>
>> What remains unknown is how much of the chemical that may rub off onto
>> the hands is absorbed through the skin or whether people then ingest BPA
>> by handling food or touching their mouths.
>>
>> Among those surveyed, receipts from Safeway supermarkets contained the
>> highest concentration of BPA. A receipt taken from a store in the
>> District contained 41 milligrams of the chemical. If the equivalent
>> amount of BPA was ingested by a 155-pound adult, that would exceed EPA's
>> decades-old safe exposure limit for BPA by 12 times.
>>
>> Brian Dowling, a Safeway spokesman, said the company is researching the
>> issue and consulting with its suppliers of receipt paper.
>>
>> First synthesized in 1891 and developed in the 1930s as a synthetic form
>> of estrogen, bisphenol-A has been widely used in commercial products
>> including plastic bottles, compact discs and dental sealants. While it
>> was regarded as safe for decades, recent research using sophisticated
>> analytic techniques suggests that low doses of the compound can
>> interfere with the endocrine system and cause a range of health effects,
>> including reproductive problems and cancer.
>>
>> Federal regulators have been focused on BPA and whether it leaches from
>> containers into foods and beverages at levels that may cause health
>> problems. Earlier this year, the Food and Drug Administration expressed
>> "some concern" about BPA and joined several agencies in conducting $30
>> million in studies to try to answer questions about its safety.
>> Lawmakers on the local, state and federal levels have moved to ban BPA
>> from food and beverage containers made for infants and children.
>>
>> The American Chemistry Council, which represents the chemical industry,
>> said that while BPA can transfer from paper receipts to the skin, the
>> level of absorption is low. "Available data suggests that BPA is not
>> readily absorbed through the skin," a spokeswoman said. "Biomonitoring
>> data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control shows that exposure to
>> BPA from all sources, which would include typical exposure from
>> receipts, is extremely low."
>>
>> The Environmental Protection Agency, however, recognizing that paper
>> coated in BPA may be a significant route of exposure, launched an effort
>> this month to work with paper manufacturers, the chemical industry and
>> environmental groups to encourage companies to find alternatives to BPA
>> in receipts.
>>
>> Appleton Papers, the nation's largest manufacturer of "thermal papers,"
>> the type often used for receipts, dropped BPA from its formulation in
>> 2006 out of growing concerns about the safety of the chemical, said Kent
>> Willetts, the company's vice president of strategic development. "We
>> just realized we'd rather move away from it sooner than later," Willetts
>> said.
>>
>>
>> The Environmental Working Group's report, with more detail and test
>> results, can be found at:
>>
>> http://www.ewg.org/bpa-in-store-receipts
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Deborah L. DeBiasi
>> Email: Deborah.DeBiasi at deq.virginia.gov (NEW!)
>> WEB site address: www.deq.virginia.gov
>> Virginia Department of Environmental Quality
>> Office of Water Permit and Compliance Assistance Programs
>> Industrial Pretreatment/Whole Effluent Toxicity (WET) Program
>> PPCPs, EDCs, and Microconstituents
>> www.deq.virginia.gov/vpdes/microconstituents.html
>> Mail: P.O. Box 1105, Richmond, VA 23218
>> Location: 629 E. Main Street, Richmond, VA 23219
>> PH: 804-698-4028
>> FAX: 804-698-4032
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Stevan Gressitt <gressitt at gmail.com>
>> To: pharmwaste <pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us>
>> Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:17:56 -0400
>> Subject: [Pharmwaste] Whatever happened to thermal depolymerization?
>> http://www.mindfully.org/Energy/2003/Anything-Into-Oil1may03.htm
>>
>> --
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Stevan Gressitt, M.D.
>> Faculty Associate, University of Maine Center on Aging
>> Founding Director, Maine Institute for Medicine Safety
>> University of New England, College of Pharmacy
>> Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
>> Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
>> University of New England, College of Osteopathic Medicine
>> 716 Stevens Avenue
>> Portland, Maine 04103
>> gressitt at gmail.com
>> Cell: 207-441-0291
>> www.benzos.une.edu
>> www.safemeddisposal.com/
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Stevan Gressitt <gressitt at gmail.com>
>> To: pharmwaste <pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us>, rxnews-list at naddi.org
>> Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:46:25 -0400
>> Subject: [Pharmwaste] Fwd: Safe Medicine Symposium - Just 5 Days Left to
>> Submit a Proposal
>>
>> _______________________
>>
>> HURRY - Just 5 days are left to submit a presentation proposal!
>> (Papers, Posters, Symposia, Panels, and Workshops)
>>
>> 2010 INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON SAFE MEDICINE*
>> October 10-12, 2010
>> Portland, ME
>>
>> (*The oldest continuous running drug disposal conference in the United
>> States)
>>
>> [ http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=205526 ]Click here to submit
>> your presentation for consideration
>>
>> or go to:
>>
>> http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=205526
>>
>> Deadline for proposal submission: July 31st, 2010
>>
>> If you have any questions about the presentation proposal submission
>> process please contact: safemedicine at une.edu
>> _____________________________________________________
>>
>> We encourage you to forward this announcement on to your colleagues.
>> Conference website with additional information ([
>> http://www.safemedicine.une.edu ]www.safemedicine.une.edu)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Stevan Gressitt, M.D.
>> Faculty Associate, University of Maine Center on Aging
>> Founding Director, Maine Institute for Medicine Safety
>> University of New England, College of Pharmacy
>> Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
>> Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
>> University of New England, College of Osteopathic Medicine
>> 716 Stevens Avenue
>> Portland, Maine 04103
>> gressitt at gmail.com
>> Cell: 207-441-0291
>> www.benzos.une.edu
>> www.safemeddisposal.com/
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: "Tenace, Laurie" <Laurie.Tenace at dep.state.fl.us>
>> To: "pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us" <pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us>
>> Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:19:03 -0400
>> Subject: [Pharmwaste] SF studied compost made from effluent
>> "The PUC's study tested for 127 organic and inorganic toxins and
>> compounds, according to Jue, and all of the products had levels below the
>> state and federal standards."
>>
>> http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/07/28/BAC31EKITQ.DTL
>>
>> Study: S.F. compost no more toxic than others
>> Peter Fimrite, Chronicle Staff Writer
>>
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Compost made from the effluent that San Franciscans flush down their
>> toilets does not contain any more toxins than the soil treatments and animal
>> excrement available in garden stores, according to a San Francisco Public
>> Utilities Commission study released Tuesday.
>>
>> The $25,000 study found that the biosolid compost that until recently had
>> been given out free to San Francisco residents once a year is not, as
>> critics contend, a stew of toxic excrement. On the contrary, the treated and
>> dried sludge is at least as safe as seven other potting soils, manures and
>> treatments, according to the report.
>>
>> "The data should comfort people," said Tyrone Jue, the spokesman for the
>> San Francisco PUC. "It shows that just because you pay a lot of money for a
>> product at a store does not mean that it is any better. Our biosolid compost
>> compares favorably to the other products."
>>
>> San Francisco's program to give away compost to gardeners, school groups
>> and homeowners began in 2007. The product, called Synagro CV Compost, came
>> under attack this year by organic and food-safety activists who claimed the
>> PUC program was essentially slinging feces and other discarded toxins back
>> at the people who flushed them.
>>
>> The critics insisted that the heating and sterilization process used by
>> the city does not neutralize heavy metals, pesticides or drug residue and
>> that hundreds of chemicals contained in sewage sludge are never tested.
>>
>> The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency requires testing for only nine
>> pollutants, about 1 percent of the hazardous materials that could be found
>> in sewage. Dioxins, flame retardants and PCBs are not among the chemicals
>> tested.
>>
>> The PUC's study tested for 127 organic and inorganic toxins and compounds,
>> according to Jue, and all of the products had levels below the state and
>> federal standards. Jue said only Kellogg Amend-brand compost contained a
>> level of dioxin - 65.97 parts per trillion - that was significantly higher
>> than the average for natural soil. Soil in cities averages between 7 and 20
>> parts per trillion of dioxin, he said. The San Francisco compost had 3.75
>> parts per trillion of dioxin. Gardeners Steer Manure had the lowest level of
>> dioxin, at 0.27 parts per trillion.
>>
>> Dioxin is a powerful hormone-disrupting chemical generally produced as a
>> result of the burning of organic chemicals and plastics that contain
>> chlorine.
>>
>> John Mayer, coordinator of the nonprofit Food Rights Network, said he
>> believes the testing is still inadequate because many known sewer toxins
>> were not tested and because there is no way of knowing whether the PUC was
>> testing the same compost given away to residents.
>>
>> "This study still needs to be analyzed by our science people, but our
>> contention is that there is nothing new here," Mayer said. "We don't think
>> the stuff in the stores that has sludge in it should be used for growing
>> food either."
>>
>> The report is expected to be presented to San Francisco's utility
>> commissioners next month. A decision could then be made on whether to
>> continue the compost program, which uses about 20 tons of the 82,000 tons of
>> solid material removed from the city's sewer every year and mixes it with
>> green yard waste and other material in a Merced County treatment facility.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Laurie Tenace
>> Environmental Specialist
>> Waste Reduction Section
>> Florida Department of Environmental Protection
>> 2600 Blair Stone Rd., MS 4555
>> Tallahassee FL 32399-2400
>> P: 850.245.8759
>> F: 850.245.8811
>> Laurie.Tenace at dep.state.fl.us
>>
>> Mercury: http://www.dep.state.fl.us/waste/categories/mercury/default.htm
>>
>> Batteries:
>> http://www.dep.state.fl.us/waste/categories/batteries/default.htm
>>
>> Pharmaceuticals:
>> http://www.dep.state.fl.us/waste/categories/medications/default.htm
>> To join the Pharmwaste listserve:
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>>
>> Household Hazardous Waste:
>> http://www.dep.state.fl.us/waste/categories/hazardous/pages/household.htm
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> The Department of Environmental Protection values your feedback as a
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>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: "Tenace, Laurie" <Laurie.Tenace at dep.state.fl.us>
>> To: "pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us" <pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us>
>> Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:56:05 -0400
>> Subject: [Pharmwaste] Chemicals in rivers linked to sexual changes in fish
>> - article, Canada
>>
>> http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/842142--chemicals-in-rivers-linked-to-sexual-changes-in-fish-researchers-say
>>
>>
>> Chemicals in rivers linked to sexual changes in fish, researchers say
>>
>>
>> CALGARY-Alberta researchers say gender-bending fish swimming in the
>> province's southern rivers raise serious questions about whether the water
>> is safe for people to drink.
>>
>> Two University of Calgary professors have been studying how a small
>> species of minnow reacts to a wide variety of hormone-altering chemicals
>> detected in several rivers.
>>
>> They found sexual changes both in the wild populations of the fish and
>> under controlled lab experiments with the same chemicals, said co-author
>> Hamid Habibi.
>>
>> In some locations, female fish accounted for as much as 90 per cent of the
>> minnow population, far higher than the normal 55 to 60 per cent.
>>
>> At many of the sites studied, male fish showed elevated levels of a
>> protein normally high only in the blood of females. Other areas have
>> produced male fish with female eggs in their testes.
>>
>> Habibi said while it's not known whether the levels of the chemicals are
>> high enough to hurt humans, there is a possible risk the chemicals could
>> increase cancer rates or developmental abnormalities.
>>
>> "We think there's a health concern," he said Thursday. "We'd like to be
>> able to predict these things and reduce that kind of risk."
>>
>> Habibi and co-author Lee Jackson found a large variety of chemicals that
>> affect hormones in the water. They include synthetic estrogens, such as the
>> birth control pill and bisphenol A - a chemical used in making plastics - as
>> well as agricultural byproducts.
>>
>> The disturbances in fish populations were greater downstream from cities
>> than upstream and were most notable around several major cattle feedlots.
>>
>> One area of high concentration was interrupted by a normal region where
>> the river is joined by several tributaries from Waterton National Park.
>>
>> The researchers managed to replicate many of the changes in a lab
>> environment by combining the chemicals in the same ratio as found in the
>> river.
>>
>> They also discovered that while a single chemical might affect a fish one
>> way, the combined effect with another chemical might be much greater than
>> expected.
>>
>> In one case, two chemicals might each have a one-fold effect on a fish,
>> while in combination the effect might be nine times bigger.
>>
>> "The potency of these chemicals improves significantly if they are present
>> in a mixture. That is new information," said Habibi.
>>
>> "Which means some of the data used by Health Canada and EPA (the
>> Environmental Protection Agency in the United States) may need to be
>> revised, because they're based on individual studies for those chemicals."
>>
>> Jackson said most wastewater treatment plants don't get rid of many of the
>> chemicals.
>>
>> The researchers have partnered with the City of Calgary to begin work at a
>> new treatment plant investigating how engineering can keep the chemicals
>> from flowing back into the water.
>>
>> He said it's too early to tell whether the current levels in water might
>> have anything to do with a rising trend of cancers that are under hormonal
>> control, but he added that a possible link should be studied.
>>
>> "I think we need to look at this a little more carefully and ask, what is
>> the message the fish are telling us," he said. "If the fish are showing bent
>> genders and people are drinking the same water . . . we need to try to
>> evaluate that risk."
>>
>> Part of the research is to be published in the journal Environmental
>> Toxicology and Chemistry.
>>
>> Laurie Tenace
>> Environmental Specialist
>> Waste Reduction Section
>> Florida Department of Environmental Protection
>> 2600 Blair Stone Rd., MS 4555
>> Tallahassee FL 32399-2400
>> P: 850.245.8759
>> F: 850.245.8811
>> Laurie.Tenace at dep.state.fl.us
>>
>> Mercury: http://www.dep.state.fl.us/waste/categories/mercury/default.htm
>>
>> Batteries:
>> http://www.dep.state.fl.us/waste/categories/batteries/default.htm
>>
>> Pharmaceuticals:
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>> To join the Pharmwaste listserve:
>> http://lists.dep.state.fl.us/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharmwaste
>>
>> Household Hazardous Waste:
>> http://www.dep.state.fl.us/waste/categories/hazardous/pages/household.htm
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> The Department of Environmental Protection values your feedback as a
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>> assessing and improving the level and quality of services provided to you.
>> Please take a few minutes to comment on the quality of service you received.
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>>
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: "Tenace, Laurie" <Laurie.Tenace at dep.state.fl.us>
>> To: "pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us" <pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us>
>> Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2010 09:38:01 -0400
>> Subject: [Pharmwaste] Little testing being done locally of Rx drug levels
>> in water (article from IN)
>>
>> http://www.wsbt.com/health/Little-testing-being-done-locally-of-drug-levels-in-water-99741924.html
>>
>>
>> Little testing being done locally of prescription drug levels in water
>>
>> You've probably read or heard that scientists have found prescription
>> drugs in water.
>>
>> For example, the Alliance for the Great Lakes reports that
>> cholesterol-modifying drugs and a nicotine byproduct were among the
>> pharmaceutical compounds found in Lake Michigan.
>>
>> Some of the same drugs also were found in Lake Erie, along with ibuprofen,
>> caffeine and an anticonvulsant.
>>
>> But there apparently has been little or no testing for pharmaceuticals in
>> local water.
>>
>> There are no standards for pharmaceuticals in drinking water or in water
>> discharged from wastewater treatment plants.
>>
>> One local person most concerned about the issue is Marc Nelson,
>> environmental health services manager with the St. Joseph County Health
>> Department.
>>
>> His concern comes because scientists believe the vast majority of the
>> drugs found in water are not unused drugs disposed of improperly.
>>
>> They are drugs not metabolized in the bodies of the people who take them
>> and end up in the environment through human waste.
>>
>> Nelson believes there probably are pharmaceuticals in small concentrations
>> in private wells in the northeastern part of the county.
>>
>> That's because waste in private septic tanks gets through the sandy soil
>> there and into the groundwater, according to Nelson.
>>
>> "It's becoming a greater and greater problem," Nelson said of prescription
>> drugs in the water.
>>
>> He said a layer of clay underground in the southern part of the county
>> protects the groundwater there.
>>
>> South Bend and Mishawaka get their water from deep wells, deep enough that
>> the people who operate the water departments believe the drinking water is
>> safe from the problem.
>>
>> Jim Schrader, general manager of Mishawaka Utilities, said that so far,
>> drugs have been found in surface water.
>>
>> "Fortunately we don't have that issue with deep water wells," he said.
>>
>> Dave Tungate, director of South Bend Water Works, said that city has nine
>> wellfields with 30 wells, all of them at least 120 feet deep.
>>
>> He believes there may have been some pharmaceuticals in surface water for
>> some time.
>>
>> Testing for low levels of prescription drugs is just now becoming
>> available.
>>
>> The city of St. Joseph gets its water from Lake Michigan, but water
>> superintendent Greg Alimenti said the city doesn't test for pharmaceuticals.
>>
>> He said testing is expensive and isn't yet required by the federal or
>> state governments.
>>
>> Alimenti believes eventually there will be standards because of public
>> concern over the issue.
>>
>> Wastewater treatment plants also don't test for pharmaceuticals in the
>> water they discharge. Cost and lack of regulations are cited as the reasons.
>>
>> Jack Dillon, superintendent of wastewater treatment in South Bend, said
>> the cities already test for "a couple hundred contaminants."
>>
>> Karl Kopec, manager of the wastewater treatment plant in Mishawaka,
>> believes the plant removes some of the pharmaceuticals in treated water.
>>
>> He said the Mishawaka plant removes 90 percent of the mercury that goes
>> through it, even though it was not designed to remove mercury.
>>
>> Everybody is waiting for direction from the U.S. Environmental Protection
>> Agency and, hopefully, lower prices on the testing.
>>
>> Ernesta Jones, from the EPA press office, sent out an e-mail saying the
>> agency "remains committed to improving our understanding of pharmaceuticals
>> in water."
>>
>> "We continue to work to better understand the occurrence, risk and
>> treatment of pharmaceuticals in water, as well as methods for preventing
>> pharmaceuticals from entering water," the statement continued. "EPA will
>> continue to use the best science to address environmental and health
>> concerns posed by pharmaceuticals in water."
>>
>> Local officials stressed that unused medicine should not be flushed down
>> the toilet, even though that accounts for little of the drugs in water.
>>
>> Instead, unused drugs should be put in the trash if you can't find any
>> facilities that will accept them.Staff writer Sue Lowe: slowe at sbtinfo.com(574) 247-7758 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting
>>
>> Laurie Tenace
>> Environmental Specialist
>> Waste Reduction Section
>> Florida Department of Environmental Protection
>> 2600 Blair Stone Rd., MS 4555
>> Tallahassee FL 32399-2400
>> P: 850.245.8759
>> F: 850.245.8811
>> Laurie.Tenace at dep.state.fl.us
>>
>> Mercury: http://www.dep.state.fl.us/waste/categories/mercury/default.htm
>>
>> Batteries:
>> http://www.dep.state.fl.us/waste/categories/batteries/default.htm
>>
>> Pharmaceuticals:
>> http://www.dep.state.fl.us/waste/categories/medications/default.htm
>> To join the Pharmwaste listserve:
>> http://lists.dep.state.fl.us/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharmwaste
>>
>> Household Hazardous Waste:
>> http://www.dep.state.fl.us/waste/categories/hazardous/pages/household.htm
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> The Department of Environmental Protection values your feedback as a
>> customer. DEP Secretary Michael W. Sole is committed to continuously
>> assessing and improving the level and quality of services provided to you.
>> Please take a few minutes to comment on the quality of service you received.
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>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: "Tenace, Laurie" <Laurie.Tenace at dep.state.fl.us>
>> To: "pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us" <pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us>
>> Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2010 08:11:05 -0400
>> Subject: [Pharmwaste] Crops absorb Pharmaceuticals from treated sewage
>> (article, C&EN News)
>> http://pubs.acs.org/cen/news/88/i32/8832news.html
>>
>>
>> Crops Absorb Pharmaceuticals From Treated Sewage
>> Environmental Pollutants: Soybeans can accumulate drugs and personal care
>> products commonly found in wastewater and solid waste
>>
>> Uptake of Pharmaceutical and Personal Care Products by Soybean Plants from
>> Soils Applied with Biosolids and Irrigated with Contaminated Water
>>
>> Each year, U.S. farmers fertilize their fields with millions of tons of
>> treated sewage and irrigate with billions of gallons of recycled water.
>> Through this treated waste, an array of pharmaceutical and personal care
>> products (PPCPs) make their way unregulated from consumers' homes into farm
>> fields. Now researchers find that at least one crop, soybeans, can readily
>> absorb these chemicals, which raises concerns about the possible effects on
>> people and animals that consume the PPCP-containing plants (Environ. Sci.
>> Technol., DOI: 10.1021/es1011115).
>>
>> Researchers have previously shown that food crops take up veterinary
>> medicines from manure fertilizer and some cabbage species absorb human
>> pharmaceuticals when grown in hydroponic conditions. But environmental
>> scientist Chenxi Wu and colleagues at the University of Toledo in Ohio
>> wanted to determine if a major food crop could absorb common PPCPs under
>> more realistic agricultural conditions, such as plants grown in soil. If
>> the chemicals do find their way into the crops under real-life conditions,
>> they could be toxic to the plants, Wu says. "Or they could accumulate
>> through the food chain, and eventually end up in human consumers," he adds.
>>
>> In a greenhouse experiment, the scientists focused on soybeans, the second
>> most-widely grown crop in the U.S. Half the plants grew in PPCP-tainted
>> soil, to simulate fertilization with treated solid waste, while the
>> researchers irrigated the other half with chemical-spiked water, to
>> replicate wastewater irrigation. They laced water and soil with three
>> pharmaceuticals-carbamazepine, diphenhydramine, and fluoxetine-and two
>> antimicrobial compounds found in personal care products-triclosan and
>> triclocarban.
>>
>> The scientists analyzed plant tissue samples by mass spectrometry at two
>> life stages: just before the soybeans flowered and after they sprouted
>> beans. Wu and colleagues found that carbamazepine, triclosan, and
>> triclocarban concentrated in root tissues, eventually moving into the stems
>> and leaves. The antimicrobial compounds triclosan and triclocarban also
>> accumulated in the beans themselves. But the soybean plants barely absorbed
>> diphenhydramine and fluoxetine-the chemicals only appeared at low
>> concentrations in the roots. Overall, the plants absorbed the chemicals more
>> efficiently by irrigation than through the soil. The researchers are still
>> trying to determine why.
>>
>> Environmental chemist Chad Kinney of Colorado State University, Pueblo,
>> says the study underscores the need for further research into how PPCPs
>> behave in agricultural settings. "The first thing you have to consider with
>> human exposure through agriculture is whether it's even possible," Kinney
>> says. "That's what was answered by this study."
>>
>> Wu thinks that more toxicology studies should come next: "If you find
>> those compounds in the plant, what are they going to do to the plants or to
>> animals that eat the plants?"
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Laurie Tenace
>> Environmental Specialist
>> Waste Reduction Section
>> Florida Department of Environmental Protection
>> 2600 Blair Stone Rd., MS 4555
>> Tallahassee FL 32399-2400
>> P: 850.245.8759
>> F: 850.245.8811
>> Laurie.Tenace at dep.state.fl.us
>>
>> Mercury: http://www.dep.state.fl.us/waste/categories/mercury/default.htm
>>
>> Batteries:
>> http://www.dep.state.fl.us/waste/categories/batteries/default.htm
>>
>> Pharmaceuticals:
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>>
>> Household Hazardous Waste:
>> http://www.dep.state.fl.us/waste/categories/hazardous/pages/household.htm
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> The Department of Environmental Protection values your feedback as a
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>> assessing and improving the level and quality of services provided to you.
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>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Pete Pasterz <PAPasterz at cabarruscounty.us>
>> To: Sludge <sludge at lists.ibiblio.org>, "pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us"
>> <pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us>
>> Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2010 08:34:33 -0400
>> Subject: [Pharmwaste] Public Radio's Marketplace lauds "biosolids" pellets
>>
>> From the “Sustainability Desk”
>> http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2010/08/03/am-its-a-fertile-market-for-recycled-human-waste/
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> þ Pete Pasterz, NCQRP
>>
>> Cabarrus County Recycling and HHW
>>
>> PO BOX 707
>>
>> Concord, NC 28026
>>
>> 704-920-3280
>>
>> www.cabarruscounty.us/waste
>>
>> *If you're not for ZERO Waste, how much Waste ARE you for?*
>>
>>
>>
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>>
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Sierra Fletcher <sierra at productstewardship.us>
>> To: "pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us" <pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us>
>> Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2010 08:49:59 -0500
>> Subject: [Pharmwaste] S 3397 passes the Senate - Secure and Responsible
>> Drug Disposal Act of 2010
>>
>> Senator Amy Klobuchar’s Secure and Responsible Drug Disposal Act of 2010
>> passed the Senate yesterday! The purpose of this bill is to amend the
>> Controlled Substances Act to facilitate drug take-back.
>>
>>
>>
>> HR 5809, the House bill with the same goal, passed the Energy and Commerce
>> Committee in late July. Watch for it to go to the House floor in September!
>>
>>
>>
>> Update on Senate bill:
>>
>>
>>
>> http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-s3397/show
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> _____________________________
>>
>> *Sierra E. Fletcher*
>>
>> Director of Policy and Programs
>>
>> *Product Stewardship Institute, Inc.*
>>
>> 29 Stanhope St., 3rd Floor
>>
>> Boston, MA 02116
>>
>> 617-236-4886 (phone)
>>
>> sierra at productstewardship.us
>>
>> www.productstewardship.us
>>
>> * *
>>
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>>
>> * *
>>
>> S. 3397
>>
>> * Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
>> United States of America in Congress assembled,*
>>
>> *SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.*
>>
>> This Act may be cited as the ``Secure and Responsible Drug Disposal
>> Act of 2010''.
>>
>> *SEC. 2. FINDINGS.*
>>
>> Congress finds the following:
>>
>> (1) The nonmedical use of prescription drugs is a growing problem in
>> the United States, particularly among teenagers.
>>
>> (2) According to the Department of Justice's 2009 National
>> Prescription Drug Threat Assessment--
>>
>> (A) the number of deaths and treatment admissions for controlled
>> prescription drugs (CPDs) has increased significantly in recent years;
>>
>> (B) unintentional overdose deaths involving prescription opioids, for
>> example, increased 114 percent from 2001 to 2005, and the number of
>> treatment admissions for prescription opioids increased 74 percent from 2002
>> to 2006; and
>>
>> (C) violent crime and property crime associated with abuse and
>> diversion of CPDs has increased in all regions of the United States over the
>> past 5 years.
>>
>> (3) According to the Office of National Drug Control Policy's 2008
>> Report ``Prescription for Danger'', prescription drug abuse is especially on
>> the rise for teens--
>>
>> (A) one-third of all new abusers of prescription drugs in 2006 were
>> 12- to 17-year-olds;
>>
>> (B) teens abuse prescription drugs more than any illicit drug except
>> marijuana--more than cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine combined; and
>>
>> (C) responsible adults are in a unique position to reduce teen access
>> to prescription drugs because the drugs often are found in the home.
>>
>> (4)(A) Many State and local law enforcement agencies have established
>> drug disposal programs (often called ``take-back'' programs) to facilitate
>> the collection and destruction of unused, unwanted, or expired medications.
>> These programs help get outdated or unused medications off household shelves
>> and out of the reach of children and teenagers.
>>
>> (B) However, take-back programs often cannot dispose of the most
>> dangerous pharmaceutical drugs--controlled substance medications--because
>> Federal law does not permit take-back programs to accept controlled
>> substances unless they get specific permission from the Drug Enforcement
>> Administration and arrange for full-time law enforcement officers to receive
>> the controlled substances directly from the member of the public who seeks
>> to dispose of them.
>>
>> (C) Individuals seeking to reduce the amount of unwanted controlled
>> substances in their household consequently have few disposal options beyond
>> discarding or flushing the substances, which may not be appropriate means of
>> disposing of the substances.
>>
>> (D) Long-term care facilities face a distinct set of obstacles to the
>> safe disposal of controlled substances due to the increased volume of
>> controlled substances they handle.
>>
>> (5) This Act gives the Attorney General authority to promulgate new
>> regulations, within the framework of the Controlled Substances Act, that
>> will allow patients to deliver unused pharmaceutical controlled substances
>> to appropriate entities for disposal in a safe and effective manner
>> consistent with effective controls against diversion.
>>
>> (6) The goal of this Act is to encourage the Attorney General to set
>> controlled substance diversion prevention parameters that will allow public
>> and private entities to develop a variety of methods of collection and
>> disposal of controlled substances in a secure and responsible manner.
>>
>> [Page: S6667] * GPO's PDF <http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getpage.cgi?dbname=2010_record&page=S6667&position=all>*
>>
>> *SEC. 3. DELIVERY OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES BY ULTIMATE USERS FOR
>> DISPOSAL.*
>>
>> (a) *Regulatory Authority*.--Section 302 of the Controlled Substances
>> Act (21 U.S.C. 822) is amended by adding at the end the following:
>>
>> ``(g)(1) An ultimate user who has lawfully obtained a controlled
>> substance in accordance with this title may, without being registered,
>> deliver the controlled substance to another person for the purpose of
>> disposal of the controlled substance if--
>>
>> ``(A) the person receiving the controlled substance is authorized
>> under this title to engage in such activity; and
>>
>> ``(B) the disposal takes place in accordance with regulations issued
>> by the Attorney General to prevent diversion of controlled substances.
>>
>> ``(2) In developing regulations under this subsection, the Attorney
>> General shall take into consideration the public health and safety, as well
>> as the ease and cost of program implementation and participation by various
>> communities. Such regulations may not require any entity to establish or
>> operate a delivery or disposal program.
>>
>> ``[(2)]*(3)* The Attorney General may, by regulation, authorize
>> long-term care facilities, as defined by the Attorney General by regulation,
>> to dispose of controlled substances on behalf of ultimate users *who
>> reside, or have resided, at such long-term care facilities* in a manner
>> that the Attorney General determines will provide effective controls against
>> diversion and be consistent with the public health and safety.
>>
>> ``(4) If a person dies while lawfully in possession of a controlled
>> substance for personal use, any person lawfully entitled to dispose of the
>> decedent's property may deliver the controlled substance to another person
>> for the purpose of disposal under the same conditions as provided in
>> paragraph (1) for an ultimate user.''.
>>
>> (b) *Conforming Amendment*.--Section 308(b) of the Controlled
>> Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 828(b)) is amended--
>>
>> (1) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (2) and inserting
>> ``; or''; and
>>
>> (2) by adding at the end the following:
>>
>> ``(3) the delivery of such a substance for the purpose of disposal by
>> an ultimate user or long-term care facility acting in accordance with
>> section 302(g) of this title.''.
>>
>> *SEC. 4. DIRECTIVE TO THE UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION.*
>>
>> Pursuant to its authority under section 994 of title 28, United States
>> Code, the United States Sentencing Commission shall review and, if
>> appropriate, amend the Federal sentencing guidelines and policy statements
>> to ensure that the guidelines and policy statements provide an appropriate
>> penalty increase of up to 2 offense levels above the sentence otherwise
>> applicable in Part D of the Guidelines Manual if a person is convicted of a
>> drug offense resulting from the authorization of that person to receive
>> scheduled substances from an ultimate user or long-term care facility as set
>> forth in the amendments made by section 3.
>>
>>
>>
>>
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