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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'>Dear Pharmwaste List:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Remember that over &nbsp;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.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Howard<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

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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'>Howard C. Anderson, Jr.,R.Ph.</span></font><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Executive Director</span></font><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
 style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>North Dakota</span></font></st1:place><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'> Board of Pharmacy</span></font><font color=navy><span
style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on"><font size=2
  color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
  color:navy'>1906 E. Broadway Ave.</span></font></st1:address></st1:Street><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on"><font size=2
  color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
  color:navy'>P.O. Box</span></font></st1:Street><font size=2 color=navy
 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> 1354</span></font></st1:address><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=2
  color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
  color:navy'>Bismarck</span></font></st1:City><font size=2 color=navy
 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>, <st1:State
 w:st="on">ND</st1:State>&nbsp; <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">58502-1354</st1:PostalCode></span></font></st1:place><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Phone (701) 328-9535</span></font><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Fax (701) 328-9536</span></font><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Web site www.nodakpharmacy.com</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'>
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>Sue Dayton<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, February 03, 2010
1:22 PM<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> [Pharmwaste] FW:
Chemicals in water altering genders of fish (*LakePepin, Peedee and Potomac
Rivers)</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span class=datestamp><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>The &#8220;generating source&#8221;
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 <u>unregulated
and untested and unremoved</u> 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, </span></font></i></span><i><span
style='font-style:italic'>carp, catfish and sturgeon,</span></i> <span
class=datestamp><i><span style='font-style:italic'>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<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span class=datestamp><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>.........................................................<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>

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style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span class=datestamp><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span class=datestamp><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/11/25/eveningnews/main5778106.shtml">http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/11/25/eveningnews/main5778106.shtml</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span class=datestamp><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><span
  class=datestamp><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
  12.0pt'>COLUMBIA</span></font></span></st1:City><span class=datestamp>, <st1:State
 w:st="on">Mo.</st1:State></span></st1:place><span class=datestamp>, Nov. 25,
2009</span> <o:p></o:p></p>

<h1><b><font size=6 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:24.0pt'>Chemicals
in Water Alter Gender of Fish<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h1>

<h2><b><font size=5 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>Pollution
Brings Worrying Signs for Fish Populations; Worse, Most <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
 w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region></st1:place> Drinking Water Comes from the
Same Sources<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h2>

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font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

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