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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Thanks
for a very good attempt at a comprehensive and balanced piece on the issue, Deborah.
I think a little commentary on ‘bias’ may be in order, however. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>It
is reasonable to expect that Industry as advocates for its own products would sponsor
and publish research to elucidate the efficacies of their products. This kind
of ‘bias’ is to be expected in their publications.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Whereas
the ‘bias’ of Government (as advocates of the larger community), ought
to be seen in the sponsorship and publication of studies that provide objective
basis for resource managers and risk managers to develop and implement
sustainable practices. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>If
critical components of government fail to realize this modified ombudsman role as
theirs, the advocacy role of the environmental movement shifts too strongly to
compensate for this lack! This may be result in the ‘bias’
presented environmentalists.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Thanks.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><b><font size=3 face=Garamond><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Akin Babatola</span></font></b></st1:PersonName><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Lab/Environmental Compliance Manager WWTF<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>831.420.6045<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>-----Original
Message-----<br>
From: pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us
[mailto:pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us] On Behalf Of pharmwaste-request@lists.dep.state.fl.us<br>
Sent: Friday, June 08, 2007 2:05 PM<br>
To: pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us<br>
Subject: Pharmwaste Digest, Vol 20, Issue 7</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Send
Pharmwaste mailing list submissions to<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>To
subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> http://lists.dep.state.fl.us/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharmwaste<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>or,
via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> pharmwaste-request@lists.dep.state.fl.us<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>You
can reach the person managing the list at<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> pharmwaste-owner@lists.dep.state.fl.us<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>When
replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>than
"Re: Contents of Pharmwaste digest..."<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Today's
Topics:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>
1. Out of office (Diane.Maltby@co.hennepin.mn.us)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>
2. Re: Pharmwaste Digest, Vol 20, Issue 6 (John Gohlke)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>
3. RE: Rachel Was Wrong website and Bias (DeBiasi,Deborah)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Message:
3<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Date:
Fri, 8 Jun 2007 17:04:52 -0400<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>From:
"DeBiasi,Deborah" <dldebiasi@deq.virginia.gov><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Subject:
RE: [Pharmwaste] Rachel Was Wrong website and Bias <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>To:
"Tenace, Laurie" <Laurie.Tenace@dep.state.fl.us>,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Message-ID:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <6C097DA58429B743A67070F98BE73A37026C3DC9@deqex01.deq.local><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Content-Type:
text/plain; charset="us-ascii"<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> Excellent
point, Laurie! It really is important to look at as<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>many
viewpoints as possible so that one can make sense of what the issue<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>really
is, and then decide if a response of some kind is necessary.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>There
are scientific studies being done every day that are not only<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>subject
to interpretation by the investigating principals, but also by<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>the
media who try to explain what it all means to the public. When I see<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>multiple
news articles based on the same study, I try to read and post<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>them
all for some balance. Of course, going to the original study to<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>make
your own interpretation is always the best idea.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> There
is so much information appearing in our media these days,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>often
with startling headlines. Some folks that read the articles have<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>the
initial response of "Oh, NOOOO! THAT'S in my WATER?", and they may<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>call
the environmental agency or treatment plant, and tell them to do a<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>better
job cleaning up the water. They'll look at the potential health<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>issues
that may be caused by the chemical/pharmaceutical/endocrine<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>disruptor,
and see if they know of anyone who has experienced that<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>problem
("hmmm, I bet that's why that couple down the street never had<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>kids...").
They go buy bottled water for a week or two, maybe do a<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>quick
search on the computer, then go back to life as it was. They<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>depend
on us in the environmental fields to make sense of it all, and to<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>make
recommendations to them on what they should or should not do. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> Meanwhile,
those of us on list servers like this are digesting<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>as
much as we can, going to seminars, and trying to put it into<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>perspective
for the long term. We need to know what is being found and<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>at
what levels, what is or could be the potential harm to humans and the<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>environment,
how does it get into the water, how can we get it out of<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>the
water if we need to remove it, how can we keep it from getting in<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>the
water, what testing should we do and how do we pay for it, etc.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Researchers
have had to change their perspective and not focus the<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>search
for the cause of a problem on just the more obvious culprits, but<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>to
search for anything that is out of the ordinary or "norm" as we know<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>it.
Industry and manufacturers are watching closely to see how they<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>will
be affected if source reduction/removal of a substance is asked<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>for,
and they will counter with their own research to show there is no<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>problem.
Will there be bias? Yes, on both sides of the discussion.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>While
this issue is a problem for us environmentally, to change things<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>will
affect the economy, product manufacturing, building, education,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>personal
habits and lifestyles, etc. We also have to be very careful<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>that
if the state or federal environmental agencies move to ban some<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>pollutant
of concern, that another one with different "side effects"<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>won't
replace it. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> How
much of a problem is bias on these issues? Take a look at<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>the
attached picture which is from a presentation attributed to<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Environmental
Health Services. There were 161 studies done on Bisphenyl<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>A
up through 2006. Industry did 12 studies and all 12 showed there were<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>no
detrimental effects from Bisphenyl A. There were 149 government<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>funded
studies done, and 138 of them showed effects while 11 showed no<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>detrimental
effects. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> Do
a search of the web for "phthalates", and the first two sites<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>to
come up with Explorer are http://www.phthalates.org/. That is<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>sponsored
by: The Phthalate Esters Panel (the Panel) of the American<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Chemistry
Council <http://www.americanchemistry.com> is composed of all<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>major
manufacturers and some users of the primary phthalate esters in<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>commerce
in the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">United States</st1:place></st1:country-region>.
Panel members include: BASF Corporation,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Eastman
Chemical Company, ExxonMobil Chemical Company, and Ferro<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Corporation.
Teknor Apex Company, a major user of the materials, is an<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>associate
member. The third site is Wikipedia, and the fourth is:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>http://www.ourstolenfuture.org/NEWSCIENCE/oncompounds/phthalates/phthala<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>tes.htm.
This web site, www.ourstolenfuture.org, is the web home for<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>the
authors of Our Stolen Future, where they provide regular updates<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>about
the cutting edge of science related to endocrine disruption. I<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>thought
I'd try www.phthalates.com just to see where that went, and lo<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>and
behold, this site is sponsored by the European Council for<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Plasticisers
and Intermediates (ECPI). ECPI is a sector group of Cefic,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>the
European Chemical Industry Council, which represents the interests<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>of
the European chemical industry. This is the information that the<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>general
public would find with their query. In my talks, I mention this<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>site,
http://www.dhmo.org/ (web site for the Dihydrogen Monoxide<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Research
Division - DMRD), which attributes all sorts of scary but<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>factual
things (environmental incidents, cancer, conspiracy) to<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>dihydrogen
monoxide, or water. Some of you may remember the student who<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>did
a paper on gullibility using this as the subject in 1997 - see<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>http://www.snopes.com/science/dhmo.asp.
It is just as easy to create<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>sites
that will use some factual information to show that a compound<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>does
no harm. Reader beware! <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>P.S.
- Here is a "Rachel was Right" type of site with a newsletter that<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>I've
found useful: http://www.rachel.org/bulletin/index.cfm?St=1 <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Deborah
L. DeBiasi<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Email:
dldebiasi@deq.virginia.gov<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>WEB
site address: www.deq.virginia.gov<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><font
size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Virginia</span></font></st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Department</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> of
Environmental Quality<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Office
of Water Permit Programs<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Industrial
Pretreatment/Toxics Management Program<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Mail:
<st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">P.O. Box 1105</st1:Street>, <st1:City
w:st="on">Richmond</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">VA</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode
w:st="on">23218</st1:PostalCode></st1:address> (NEW!)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Location:
<st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">629 E. Main Street</st1:Street>, <st1:City
w:st="on">Richmond</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">VA</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode
w:st="on">23219</st1:PostalCode></st1:address><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>PH:
804-698-4028<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>FAX:
804-698-4032<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>-----Original
Message-----<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>From:
pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>[mailto:pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us]
On Behalf Of Tenace,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Laurie<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Sent:
Monday, June 04, 2007 11:54 AM<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>To:
pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Subject:
[Pharmwaste] Rachel Was Wrong website<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>http://www.rachelwaswrong.org/<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Here's
an interesting web site - it argues against the type of things<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>that
we are all trying to prevent, eliminate, avoid...DDT, PVC, the<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Precautionary
Principle...this is how it is described: "This website<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>addresses
the dangers associated with anti-technology views, as embodied<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>in
Rachel Carson's Silent Spring. Such views pervade much of modern-day<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>environmental
literature, and have actually become part of the world's<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>conventional
wisdom. The materials on this site focus on showing the<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>dangers
to such extreme perspectives, demonstrating a serious need to<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>rethink
this approach."<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>I
think it is always important to remember that other people have<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>different
views than ours - and to learn how they are supporting those<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>opinions.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Enjoy!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Laurie<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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