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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'>Agree. I think it might also depend on the
chemistry of the individual drugs - and other substances as well. Some might bind
to solids which would be pumped out....<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'>Sue Dayton</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'>Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League</span></font><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font size=2
  color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
  color:navy'>North Carolina</span></font></st1:place></st1:State><font size=2
color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'> Healthy Communities Program</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'>PO</span></font></st1:place><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'> <st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">BOX</st1:Street> 44</st1:address></span></font><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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  color:navy'>Saxapahaw</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">NC</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">27340</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'>(336) 525-2003</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'><a href="mailto:sdayton@swcp.com">sdayton@swcp.com</a></span></font><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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size=2 color=navy face="Palatino Linotype"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Palatino Linotype";color:navy'>Our lives begin to end the day we
become silent about things that matter.&nbsp;&nbsp; -&nbsp; Martin Luther King
Jr.<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></em></p>

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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>&nbsp;</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'> Reibstein, Rick
(EEA) [mailto:Rick.Reibstein@state.ma.us] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, February 04, 2010
11:08 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Sue Dayton; 'Reibstein, Rick
(EEA)'; 'Howard Anderson'; pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: [Pharmwaste] FW:
Chemicals in water altering genders offish(*LakePepin, Peedee and Potomac
Rivers)</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>Septic systems allow
for the discharge into the leach field of anything that floats, so what gets
sent to the WWTP is only what settles.&nbsp; I don&#8217;t know what percentage
of excreted pharmaceuticals is going into the leach field.&nbsp; My understanding
is that if it&#8217;s a leach field close to the surface where there&#8217;s
high biological activity there might be a lot of biodegradation before it
reaches anyone&#8217;s wellhead.&nbsp; But if it&#8217;s deeper it could travel
with less degradation.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</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'> Sue Dayton
[mailto:sdayton@swcp.com] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, February 04, 2010
10:59 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> 'Reibstein, Rick (EEA)';
'Howard Anderson'; pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: [Pharmwaste] FW:
Chemicals in water altering genders offish(*LakePepin, Peedee and Potomac
Rivers)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><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'>Rick:<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'>I live in a rural community, and have a
septic system in my yard. When it gets Floyd&#8217;s Septic takes it to the
regional WWTP &#8211; along with the leachate from the county landfill. And
from there it gets spread on farmlands.<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>

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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'>Sue Dayton</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'>Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League</span></font><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font size=2
  color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
  color:navy'>North Carolina</span></font></st1:place></st1:State><font size=2
color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'> Healthy Communities Program</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'>PO</span></font></st1:place><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'> <st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">BOX</st1:Street> 44</st1:address></span></font><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'>Saxapahaw</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">NC</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">27340</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'>(336) 525-2003</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'><a href="mailto:sdayton@swcp.com">sdayton@swcp.com</a></span></font><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><em><i><font
size=2 color=navy face="Palatino Linotype"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Palatino Linotype";color:navy'>Our lives begin to end the day we
become silent about things that matter.&nbsp;&nbsp; -&nbsp; Martin Luther King
Jr.</span></font></i></em><em><i><font size=2 face="Palatino Linotype"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></i></em></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'> Reibstein, Rick
(EEA) [mailto:Rick.Reibstein@state.ma.us] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, February 04, 2010
8:23 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Sue Dayton; 'Howard Anderson';
pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: [Pharmwaste] FW:
Chemicals in water altering genders offish(*LakePepin, Peedee and Potomac
Rivers)</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>Don&#8217;t forget
septic discharges.&nbsp; Not everything goes to sewer.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</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>Sue Dayton<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, February 03, 2010
6:04 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> 'Howard Anderson';
pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: [Pharmwaste] FW:
Chemicals in water altering genders of fish(*LakePepin, Peedee and Potomac
Rivers)<o:p></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:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<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'>This is more complex than you think. I
work on sludge issues here in NC &#8211; the spreading of sewage sludge on
farmlands (where this stuff concentrates) that&#8217;s being given to farmers
to use as a fertilizer free of charge from WWTPs. Our sewage systems
aren&#8217;t going to do a .... thing unless they are TOLD to do so by state
and/or federal regulators. They aren&#8217;t being told nor will they
acknowledge that there&#8217;s a problem. &nbsp;<o:p></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'>Sue Dayton</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'>Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League</span></font><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font size=2
  color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
  color:navy'>North Carolina</span></font></st1:place></st1:State><font size=2
color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'> Healthy Communities Program</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'>PO</span></font></st1:place><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'> <st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">BOX</st1:Street> 44</st1:address></span></font><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'>Saxapahaw</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">NC</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">27340</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'>(336) 525-2003</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'><a href="mailto:sdayton@swcp.com">sdayton@swcp.com</a></span></font><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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size=2 color=navy face="Palatino Linotype"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Palatino Linotype";color:navy'>Our lives begin to end the day we
become silent about things that matter.&nbsp;&nbsp; -&nbsp; Martin Luther King
Jr.</span></font></i></em><em><i><font size=2 face="Palatino Linotype"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></i></em></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>Howard Anderson<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, February 03, 2010
5:55 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> 'Sue Dayton';
pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: [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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<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>

<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'>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>

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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'><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>

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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:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> Drinking
Water Comes from the Same Sources<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h2>

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