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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>FYI… Groups are now distributing
their press releases. This one comes from Teleosis in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Berkeley</st1:City> <st1:State w:st="on">CA</st1:State></st1:place>.
>From a pilot study last year, the group is planning to create a sustainable
program that will be expanded in this area. We provide research support
for data collection and analysis. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Matthew C. Mireles, PhD, MPH<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>President and CEO<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Community Medical Foundation for Patient
Safety<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>www.comofcom.com<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> Evin Guy
[mailto:<st1:PersonName w:st="on">evin@teleosis.org</st1:PersonName>] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:16
PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> 'Evin Guy'<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Teleosis Institute
Reducing Pharmaceuticals In <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">San
Francisco</st1:place></st1:City> Water Supply</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:86.6pt'><span class=style121><i><font
size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Evin Guy </span></font></i></span><font
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<em><i><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>Green Pharmacy
Program Manager </span></font></i></em><br>
<em><i><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>Teleosis Institute</span></font></i></em><br>
<em><i><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>1521B <ST1:ADDRESS u1:st="on"><ST1:STREET u1:st="on"><st1:Street
w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">5th Street</st1:address></st1:Street></span></font></i></em><i><span
style='font-style:italic'><br>
<ST1:CITY u1:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><em><i><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>Berkeley</span></font></i></em></st1:City><em><i><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>, <ST1:STATE u1:st="on"><st1:State
w:st="on">CA</st1:State> <ST1:POSTALCODE u1:st="on"><st1:PostalCode w:st="on">94710</ST1:POSTALCODE></ST1:STATE></ST1:CITY></ST1:STREET></ST1:ADDRESS></st1:PostalCode></span></font></i></em></st1:place></span></i><br>
<em><i><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>510.558.7285 ext.
104</span></font></i></em><br>
<em><i><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'><a
href="mailto:evin@teleosis.org">evin@teleosis.org</a></span></font></i></em></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
class=headline1><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Teleosis Institute Reducing Pharmaceuticals </span></font></b></span><b><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'><br>
<span class=headline1><b>in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">San
Francisco</st1:place></st1:City> Water Supply </b></span></span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-variant:small-caps;
text-transform:uppercase;font-weight:bold'>Drug "Take-Back" Program
Nets 900 Pounds of Unused Medication in 8 Months</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Berkeley, CA, March 10, 2008</span></font></b></strong> -- Over
900 pounds of unused and expired medicines have been diverted from San
Francisco waterways between June 1, 2007 and March 1, 2008 thanks to the
Green Pharmacy Program initiated by the <a href="http://www.teleosis.org/">Teleosis
Institute</a>, Berkley, CA, a non-profit educational organization devoted to
reducing the environmental impact of health care.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Teleosis
initiated the <a href="http://www.teleosis.org/greenpharmacy">Green Pharmacy
Program</a> in response to scientific studies published between 2002 and 2006
revealing that pharmaceuticals were being found in measurable quantities.
The Associated Press reported today that the presence of prescription
drugs in so much of our drinking water is heightening worries among
scientists of long-term consequences to human health. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The
Green Pharmacy Program establishes community-based take-back sites where
consumers can return unused medications and sponsors <a
href="http://www.teleosis.org/gpp-locations.php#locations">events</a>
advocating environmentally safe disposal of unwanted medications.
Currently 14 pilot take-back sites are operating in Bay Area
pharmacies, doctor and dental offices, veterinarian hospitals, health care
facilities and local recycling events. To learn about upcoming drug recycling
events visit, <a href="http://www.teleosis.org/greenpharmacy">www.teleosis.org/greenpharmacy</a><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Staff
at take-back sites document all returned medicines and screen for controlled
substances, which are turned away because of current DEA restrictions.
Medications are collected from take-back bins for incineration (the most
environmentally safe disposal method) by Integrated Waste Control, Inc., a
Hayward, CA-based waste hauler.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Green
Pharmacy Program is unique in that it requires that customers to document
important information about their returned medications, including reason for
return, place of purchase, and percentage of prescription unused. Data about
the medications is sent to the Unused & Expired Medicine Registry, a
program developed by the Community Medical Foundation for Patient Safety in <st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Texas</st1:place></st1:State>, which compiles
national statistics on medicines returned and reasons for disposal. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>According
to Dr. Joel Kreisberg, executive director of Teleosis, the purpose of
collecting data on unused medicine is to identify which pharmaceuticals are
most often unused or over-prescribed and how sustainable medical practices
can reduce healthcare’s waste stream. Preliminary data for 2007
from Teleosis shows that 40% of prescription medications go unused, and the
total wholesale value of returned medicines exceeded $112,000.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>“By
deepening our understanding of the quantities of medicines discarded, we can
better comprehend the effectiveness of our current pharmacological approaches
to illness, presenting a case for sustainable health care,” Kreisberg
said.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<strong><b><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></b></strong><span
class=style5><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>“By deepening our
understanding of the quantities of medicines discarded, we can better
comprehend the effectiveness of our current pharmacological approaches to
illness, presenting a case for sustainable health care”</span></b></span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p align=right style='text-align:right'><strong><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>- Dr. Joel Kreisberg</span></font></b></strong><br>
<strong><b><font face="Times New Roman">Executive Director</font></b></strong><br>
<strong><b><font face="Times New Roman">Teleosis Institute </font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>A study
by the <a
href="http://ks.water.usgs.gov/Kansas/pubs/abstracts/emt.est.v36.html"
title="More articles about United States Geological Survey">United States
Geological Survey</a> in 2002 found over 80% of waterways tested in the <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> show
traces of common medications such as acetaminophen, hormones,
antidepressants, blood pressure medicine, codeine and antibiotics.
Consumers often discard of unused and expired medicines in the sink or
toilet, which can contaminate waterways and damage aquatic life.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The
Teleosis Institute launched the Green Pharmacy Program in an effort to reduce
pharmaceutical pollution of <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">San
Francisco</st1:place></st1:City> waterways and increase public awareness
about the environmental impact of discarded medications. It also is
participating in SB 966 Pharmaceutical Stakeholders Meeting, sponsored by
California Integrated Waste Management Board, which is convening various
organizations to identify effective strategies for reducing pharmaceutical
waste at a state level.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The
Green Pharmacy Program spans multiple sectors of the industry, educating and
engaging manufacturers, distributors, pharmacists, physicians, consumers, and
waste management to participate in a solution to the growing problem of
pharmaceutical pollution in environment. Green Pharmacy take-back site
include:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Pharmaca
Integrative Pharmacy, Berkeley and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Monterrey</st1:City>,<st1:State
w:st="on">CA</st1:State></st1:place> <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Teleosis Institute
Office, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Berkeley</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">CA</st1:State></st1:place> <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Transcendentist, <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Berkeley</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">CA</st1:State></st1:place>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Foundation For The
Healing Arts, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">San Rafael</st1:City>
<st1:State w:st="on">CA</st1:State></st1:place> <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Chimes Pharmacy, <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Berkeley</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">CA</st1:State></st1:place>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Elephant Pharmacy,
<st1:City w:st="on">Los Altos</st1:City>, <st1:City w:st="on">Walnut
Creek</st1:City>, <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Berkeley</st1:place></st1:City>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Health First!
Pharmacy, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Windsor</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">CA</st1:State></st1:place> <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>VCA</span></font></st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Albany</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Animal</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Hospital</st1:PlaceType>, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Albany</st1:City> , <st1:State w:st="on">CA</st1:State></st1:place>
<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>United Pharmacy, <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Berkeley</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">CA</st1:State></st1:place>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Kaiser Permanente
Pharmacy, Location to be determined <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Coastal Health <st1:City
w:st="on">Alliance</st1:City>, Bolinas and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Point Reyes</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">CA</st1:State></st1:place>.
<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ul>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Teleosis
Institute is actively seeking sponsorship to expand the Green Pharmacy
Program. Current corporate sponsors include Pharmacy Integrative Pharmacy and
Integrated Waste Control, Inc. Pharmaca’s will be offering free
medicine disposal several of its <st1:State w:st="on">California</st1:State>
locations, including its newest Rockridge, <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Oakland</st1:place></st1:City> opening on March 28, 2008.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Teleosis
Institute recognizes that environmentally safe disposal of unused medications
is not the final solution. The Green Pharmacy Program is an only one part of
the Teleosis Institute's Green Health Care model (<a
href="http://www.greenhealthcare.org" target="_blank">www.greenhealthcare.org</a>),
a vision of medicine that provides leadership in environmental and
sustainable healthcare by developing innovative approaches to reducing the
environmental impact of medicine.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><strong><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>About The Teleosis Institute</span></font></b></strong><br>
The Teleosis Institute is an educational non-profit organization devoted to
reducing the environmental impact of health care. The Institute
promotes sustainable medical practices and works in partnership with the
health care community to build a movement for positive social and
environmental change. Programs and educational materials include: The
Green Health Care Program, The Green Pharmacy Program, Symbiosis: The Journal
of Ecologically Sustainable Medicine, and Environmental Health Brochures.
Visit <a href="http://www.teleosis.org" target="_blank">www.teleosis.org</a>
for more information<o:p></o:p></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>###</span></font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=style9><font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
9.0pt'>Green Health Care is a service mark of the Teleosis Institute.
Teleosis is Greek for "greater self realization."<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><strong><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Resources:</span></font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>1.<span
class=style101><font face="Times New Roman"> Teleosis Institute
Programs</font></span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2'><font size=1 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://www.teleosis.org/gpp-program.php">Green Pharmacy Program</a>,
</span></font><o:p></o:p></li>
</ul>
<blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Dr.
Joel Kreisberg, <a
href="http://www.teleosis.org/pdf/symbiosis/There_Medicine_Waters.pdf">There
is Medicine in These Waters</a>, Symbiosis: The Journal of Sustainable
Medicine, Teleosis Institute, Vol. 4, No 1, p 4. (This article sites 16
related articles and studies).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.teleosis.org/board-directorsfinal.php#JK">Dr. Joel Kreisberg</a>,
DC, MA. Dr. Kreisberg is speaking at the American Medical Student
Association Conference Wednesday, March 12 at 11:30 at the Hyatt Regency, <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Houston</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">TX</st1:State></st1:place>.
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</blockquote>
<ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><font size=1 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://www.teleosis.org/ghc.php">Green Health Care Program</a> </span></font><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><font size=1 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://www.teleosis.org/symbiosis-current.php">Symbiosis: The
Journal of Ecologically Sustainable Medicine</a> </span></font><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><font size=1 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://www.teleosis.org/brochures-guides.php">Environmental Health
Brochure</a> </span></font><o:p></o:p></li>
</ul>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>2.
Kolpin, D.W., Furlong, E.T., Meyer, M.T., Thurman, E.M., Zaugg, S.D., Barber,
L.B., and Buxton, H.T., 2002, Pharmaceuticals, hormones, and other organic
wastewater contaminants in U.S. streams, 1999-2000: a national
reconnaissance: Environmental Science and Technology, v. 36, p. 1202-1211. Retrieved
on March 10, 2008 from <u><a
href="http://ks.water.usgs.gov/Kansas/pubs/abstracts/emt.est.v36.html">http://ks.water.usgs.gov/Kansas/pubs/abstracts/emt.est.v36.html</a></u><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>3. U.S.
Geological Services, <a
href="http://www.ks.water.usgs.gov/Kansas/pubs/abstracts/emt.est.v36.html">http://www.ks.water.usgs.gov/Kansas/pubs/abstracts/emt.est.v36.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><span class=style101><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>4. Community Medical Foundation for Patient Safety, <u><a
href="http://www.comofcom.com/">http://www.comofcom.com</a>. </u> Unused
& Expired Medicine Registry, <a
href="http://www.comofcom.com/Abstract8.pdf">http://www.comofcom.com/Abstract8.pdf</a></span></font></span> <o:p></o:p></p>
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