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<DIV>I cannot agree more!</DIV>
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<DIV>Phil</DIV>
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<DIV>Philip W. Rioux, R.Ph., FASCP<BR>Director of Pharmacy<BR>Central Maine Medical Center<BR>300 Main Street<BR>Lewiston, ME 04240<BR>207-795-2328<BR><BR>>>> "Howard Anderson" <ndboph@btinet.net> 2/3/2010 5:55 PM >>><BR></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Remember that over 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>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Howard C. Anderson, Jr.,R.Ph.</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=navy><SPAN style="COLOR: navy"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">North Dakota</SPAN></FONT></st1:place><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> Board of Pharmacy</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=navy><SPAN style="COLOR: navy"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Web site www.nodakpharmacy.com</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; 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></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN class=datestamp><I><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-STYLE: italic">The “generating source” 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>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN class=datestamp><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><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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<H1><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=6><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 24pt">Chemicals in Water Alter Gender of Fish<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></H1>
<H2><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=5><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt">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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