[Pharmwaste] FW: Chemicals in water altering genders of fish(*LakePepin,

[TBadrick at aol.com]

According to the EPA web site there are more than 700+ cities with combined 
 sewer systems.  What that means is a significant rain event can send  
sanitary sewer discharges into the "untreated" pathway.  Where I live that  
means the Willamette River (then the Columbia, then the Pacific Ocean).
 
I don't think any solution will be as effective as weaning people off all  
the products.  It would be interesting to know what percentage of  
"pharmaceuticals" were medically necessary.  
 
Tom Badrick
Badrick Consulting
 
 
In a message dated 2/4/2010 5:23:56 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
Rick.Reibstein at state.ma.us writes:

 
Don’t  forget septic discharges.  Not everything goes to  sewer. 
 
 
From:  pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us  
[mailto:pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us] On Behalf Of Sue  Dayton
Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 6:04 PM
To:  'Howard Anderson'; pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us
Subject: RE:  [Pharmwaste] FW: Chemicals in water altering genders of 
fish(*LakePepin,  Peedee and Potomac Rivers)

Howard: 
This  is more complex than you think. I work on sludge issues here in NC – 
the  spreading of sewage sludge on farmlands (where this stuff concentrates) 
that’s  being given to farmers to use as a fertilizer free of charge from 
WWTPs. Our  sewage systems aren’t going to do a .... thing unless they are 
TOLD to do so  by state and/or federal regulators. They aren’t being told nor 
will they  acknowledge that there’s a problem.   
 
Sue  Dayton 
Blue  Ridge Environmental Defense League 
North  Carolina Healthy Communities Program 
PO BOX  44 
Saxapahaw,  NC 27340 
(336)  525-2003 
_sdayton at swcp.com_ (mailto:sdayton at swcp.com)  
 
Our  lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that  matter. 
  -  Martin Luther King Jr. 


 
  
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From:  pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us  
[mailto:pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us] On Behalf Of Howard  Anderson
Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 5:55 PM
To:  'Sue Dayton'; pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us
Subject: RE:  [Pharmwaste] FW: Chemicals in water altering genders of 
fish(*LakePepin,  Peedee and Potomac Rivers)
Dear  Pharmwaste List: 
Remember  that over  99% of these drugs come from excretions by those of us 
who  take the drugs and excrete metabolites, or in many cases largely 
unchanged  drug. We should concentrate our efforts on teaching our sewage systems 
to  render the chemicals benign. Sometimes we spend a lot of time and money 
trying  to solve 1 percent of the problem, when we should be better served 
solving the  99 percent. Then the extra 1 percent would come along, as a 
matter of  course. 
Sincerely, 
Howard 
 
Howard  C. Anderson, Jr.,R.Ph. 
Executive  Director 
North  Dakota Board of Pharmacy 
1906  E. Broadway Ave. 
P.O.  Box 1354 
Bismarck,  ND  58502-1354 
Phone  (701) 328-9535 
Fax  (701) 328-9536 
Web  site www.nodakpharmacy.com
 
  
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From:  pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us  
[mailto:pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us] On Behalf Of Sue  Dayton
Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 1:22 PM
To:  pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us
Subject: [Pharmwaste] FW: Chemicals  in water altering genders of fish 
(*LakePepin, Peedee and Potomac  Rivers)
The “generating source” for these  hormone-disrupting chemicals found in 
rivers and streams is PEOPLE as part of  the never-ending waste stream from 
homes, businesses, restaurants, hospitals,  research labs, veterinary 
clinics, funeral homes, nursing homes, and industry  which takes a brief stop at 
the local wastewater treatment plant before these  unregulated and untested 
and unremoved hormone disrupting chemicals are  discharged as effluent into 
surface waters and onto farmlands via sewage  sludge (aka, biosolids) where 
the chemicals are found to concentrate. The  problem may not just be affecting 
smallmouth bass, carp, catfish  and sturgeon, but humans as well seen 
through  research studies showing decreasing sperm counts in men. A video is also 
 available for viewing at this link. Thoughts, anyone? --  Sue 
......................................................... 
_http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/11/25/eveningnews/main5778106.shtml_ 
(http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/11/25/eveningnews/main5778106.shtml)  
COLUMBIA, Mo., Nov. 25, 2009   
Chemicals in Water Alter Gender of Fish
Pollution Brings Worrying Signs for Fish Populations; Worse, Most U.S.  
Drinking Water Comes from the Same Sources



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