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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I also attended the RTEHC. As I remember, the
visiting scholar (whose name I forget) who was paid by RTEHC to come and speak about
pharms in water announced that pharms in water do not pose a risk to people;
however, he said that less is known about potential impacts to the developing fetus.
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I also spoke with the gentleman after his presentation
and asked him what data he used to base his conclusion on, and specifically, how
he could make such a conclusion when there is no data to back it up. <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'>
pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us
[mailto:pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Tenace, Laurie<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, March 16, 2009 8:03
AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b>
pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b> edo_mcgowan@hotmail.com<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> FW: [Pharmwaste] WRF
Study: Trace Pharms in Drinking Water Too LowtoImpact Human Health</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Comments from a non-member:<u5:p></u5:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></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'> Edo McGowan
[mailto:</span></font> <font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>edo_mcgowan@hotmail.com] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Sunday, March 15, 2009 1:27
AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b>
pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: [Pharmwaste] WRF
Study: Trace Pharms in Drinking Water Too Lowto Impact Human Health<u5:p></u5:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><u5:p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></u5:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>I would raise the same question I
did at the Research Triangle Environmental Health Collaborative (RTEHC) of
November 10-11, 2008 on pharmaceuticals in water. That question was never
answered---it was----what impacts accrue to interactions with biofilms and
pharmaceuticals in water? How does that impact the levels of multi-drug
resistance within sgedding biofilms? When we also throw in antibiotic resistant
genes which are not affected by current levels of chlorine found in potable
water supplies as well as the fact that these genes are not stopped by typical
filtering systems used by potable water treatment, we have several unanswered
questions. These are the questions that needs to be addressed. One of the other
scientists at the RTECH also kept raising the question on fetal impacts and
that question also was consistently ignored. Thus, I think that there are a lot
of serious unanswered questions that are inconvenient for the industry to
address.<br>
<br>
Dr Edo McGowan<br>
<br>
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-----Original Message-----<br>
From: Pete Pasterz <PAPasterz@cabarruscounty.us><br>
To: pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us <pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us><br>
Sent: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 4:52 pm<br>
Subject: RE: [Pharmwaste] WRF Study: Trace Pharms in Drinking Water Too Low to
Impact Human Health<u5:p></u5:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<div id="EC_AOLMsgPart_0_58d0d85e-73f3-44e6-9af5-e9911c5d3a9c"><pre
style='background:white'><tt><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Boy, what a relief! I'm glad that they used the EPA's methods for determining </span></font></tt><font
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<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt><font size=2
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Acceptable Daily Intake, because history has shown that this provides the </span></font></tt><font
color=black><span style='color:black'><br>
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<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt><font size=2
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>foolproof certainty needed to assure us that everything is OK with exposures of </span></font></tt><font
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<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt><font size=2
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>every individual compound to adult male humans --even if the chemicals aren't </span></font></tt><font
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<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt><font size=2
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>actually tested in and of themselves and in combination with one another.</span></font></tt><font
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<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt><font size=2
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'> Pete Pasterz, NCQRP</span></font></tt><tt><font
color=black face=Symbol><span style='font-family:Symbol;color:black'>þ</span></font></tt><font
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style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Cabarrus</span></font></tt></st1:PlaceName><tt><font
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='color:black'> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">County</st1:PlaceType></span></font></tt></st1:place><tt><font
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='color:black'> Recycling and HHW</span></font></tt><font
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<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre style='background:white'><st1:place w:st="on"><tt><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
color:black'>PO</span></font></tt></st1:place><tt><font color=black
face="Courier New"><span style='color:black'> <st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street
w:st="on">BOX</st1:Street> 707</st1:address> </span></font></tt><font
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style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Concord</span></font></tt></st1:City><tt><font
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='color:black'>, <st1:State w:st="on">NC</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode
w:st="on">28026</st1:PostalCode></span></font></tt></st1:place><font
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<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt><font size=2
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>704-920-3280</span></font></tt><font
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<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt><font size=2
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><a
href="http://www.cabarruscounty.us/waste">www.cabarruscounty.us/waste</a></span></font></tt><font
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<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt><font size=2
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>If you're not for ZERO Waste, how much Waste ARE you for?</span></font></tt><font
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<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt><font size=2
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>-----Original Message-----</span></font></tt><font
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<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt><font size=2
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>From: <a
href="mailto:pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us">pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us</a> [<a
href="mailto:pharmwaste-bounces@lists%20%20..dep.state.fl.us?">mailto:pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us</a>] </span></font></tt><font
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<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt><font size=2
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>On Behalf Of Bowling, Patrick</span></font></tt><font
color=black><span style='color:black'><br>
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<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt><font size=2
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 4:40 PM</span></font></tt><font
color=black><span style='color:black'><br>
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color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>To: <a
href="mailto:pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us">pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us</a></span></font></tt><font
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<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt><font size=2
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Subject: [Pharmwaste] WRF Study: Trace Pharms in Drinking Water Too Low to </span></font></tt><font
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<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt><font size=2
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Impact Human Health</span></font></tt><font
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<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt><font size=2
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>(from: <a
href="http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/03/prweb2199124.htm">http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/03/prweb2199124.htm</a>)</span></font></tt><font
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color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>About the Water Research Foundation:</span></font></tt><font
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color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Founded in 1966, the Water Research Foundation is an international, 501c(3) </span></font></tt><font
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color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>water to the public. With more than 950 subscriber members who provide water for 0D</span></font></tt><font
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<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt><font size=2
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>80 percent of the <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> population, the Water Research Foundation has funded and </span></font></tt><font
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color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>managed more than 1,000 projects. For more information, go to </span></font></tt><font
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color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><a
href="http://www.waterresearchfoundation.org/">www.WaterResearchFoundation.org</a>.</span></font></tt><font
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<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt><font size=2
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Jill Estabrook Wisehart</span></font></tt><font
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color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>303.347.6111</span></font></tt><font
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color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>G. Patrick Bowling, P.G. | Senior Geologist</span></font></tt><font
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color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>PA Department of Environmental Protection</span></font></tt><font
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style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Rachel</span></font></tt></st1:PlaceName><tt><font
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w:st="on">Carson</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">State</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Office</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Building</st1:PlaceType></span></font></tt></st1:place><font
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w:st="on"><tt><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>400 Market Street</span></font></tt></st1:address></st1:Street><tt><font
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='color:black'> | <st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street
w:st="on">P.O. Box</st1:Street> 8555</st1:address></span></font></tt><font
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w:st="on"><tt><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Harrisburg</span></font></tt></st1:City><tt><font
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='color:black'>, <st1:State w:st="on">PA</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode
w:st="on">17105-8555</st1:PostalCode></span></font></tt></st1:place><font
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color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Phone: 717-772-4048 | Fax: 717-787-9549</span></font></tt><font
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color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Email: <a
href="mailto:gbowling@state.pa.us">gbowling@state.pa.us</a> <a
href="http://www.depweb.state.pa.us/">www.depweb.state.pa.us</a></span></font></tt><font
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color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Note: As a courtesy to other listserv subscribers, please post messages to the </span></font></tt><font
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color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>listserv in plain text format to avoid the garbling of messages received by </span></font></tt><font
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color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>digest recipients.</span></font></tt><font
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color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>TO SUBSCRIBE, go to: <a
href="http://lists.dep.state.fl.us/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharmwaste">http://lists.dep.state.fl.us/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharmwaste</a> </span></font></tt><font
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color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>TO UNSUBSCRIBE, DO NOT REPLY TO THE LISTSERV. Please send an e-mail to </span></font></tt><font
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color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><a
href="mailto:pharmwaste-unsubscribe@lists.dep.state.fl.us">pharmwaste-unsubscribe@lists.dep.state.fl.us</a> -- the subject line and body of the </span></font></tt><font
color=black><span style='color:black'><br>
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color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>e-mail should be blank.</span></font></tt><font
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color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>If you believe you may be subscribed with a different email address, please </span></font></tt><font
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<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt><font size=2
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>visit the subscriber listing at <a
href="http://lists.dep.state.fl.us/cgi-bin/mailman/roster/pharmwaste">http://lists.dep.state.fl.us/cgi-bin/mailman/roster/pharmwaste</a> </span></font></tt><font
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color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>FOR PROBLEMS: Contact List Administrator <a
href="mailto:Laurie.Tenace@dep.state.fl.us">Laurie.Tenace@dep.state.fl.us</a> </span></font></tt><font
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color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>SEND MAIL to the list server at: <a
href="mailto:pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us">pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us</a></span></font></tt><font
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color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>E-mail correspondence to and from this address may be subject to the North </span></font></tt><font
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color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties.</span></font></tt><font
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color=black><span style='color:black'><br>
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<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt><font size=2
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Note: As a courtesy to other listserv subscribers, please post messages to the </span></font></tt><font
color=black><span style='color:black'><br>
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<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt><font size=2
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>listserv in plain text format to avoid the garbling of messages received by </span></font></tt><font
color=black><span style='color:black'><br>
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<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt><font size=2
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>digest recipients.</span></font></tt><font
color=black><span style='color:black'><br>
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color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>---</span></font></tt><font
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color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>TO SUBSCRIBE, go to: <a
href="http://lists.dep.state.fl.us/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharmwaste">http://lists.dep.state.fl.us/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharmwaste</a> </span></font></tt><font
color=black><span style='color:black'><br>
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color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>TO UNSUBSCRIBE, DO NOT REPLY TO THE LISTSERV. Please send an e-mail to </span></font></tt><font
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color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><a
href="mailto:pharmwaste-unsubscribe@lists.dep.state.fl.us">pharmwaste-unsubscribe@lists.dep.state.fl.us</a> -- the subject line and body of the </span></font></tt><font
color=black><span style='color:black'><br>
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<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt><font size=2
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>e-mail should be blank.</span></font></tt><font
color=black><span style='color:black'><br>
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color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>If you believe you may be subscribed with a different email address, please </span></font></tt><font
color=black><span style='color:black'><br>
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<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt><font size=2
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>visit the subscriber listing at <a
href="http://lists.dep.state.fl.us/cgi-bin/mailman/roster/pharmwaste">http://lists.dep.state.fl.us/cgi-bin/mailman/roster/pharmwaste</a> </span></font></tt><font
color=black><span style='color:black'><br>
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<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt><font size=2
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>FOR PROBLEMS: Contact List Administrator <a
href="mailto:Laurie.Tenace@dep.state.fl.us">Laurie.Tenace@dep.state.fl.us</a> </span></font></tt><font
color=black><span style='color:black'><br>
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color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>SEND MAIL to the list server at: <a
href="mailto:pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us">pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us</a></span></font></tt><o:p></o:p></pre></div>
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