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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Here&#8217;s
a recent article by Richard Hanners that indicates: &#8220;</span><span
lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Studies show
that 75 to 82 percent of the drugs found in wastewater treatment plants are
attributable<span style='color:black'> to human and animal
&quot;pass-through,&quot; rather than direct drug disposal as waste.&#8221;<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>The full
story is available at:</span><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>
<a
href="http://www.flatheadnewsgroup.com/articles/2010/02/04/whitefishpilot/news/news_8734779997_01.txt">http://www.flatheadnewsgroup.com/articles/2010/02/04/whitefishpilot/news/news_8734779997_01.txt</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>I would suggest the remaining 18-25% is something that we do have
the technology and resources to properly manage.&nbsp; It&#8217;s the right
thing and in some cases the legal thing to do.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:black'>Jeff Hollar</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

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color:black'>President</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

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color:blue'>PharmWaste Technologies, Inc.</span></b><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:black'>4164 NW Urbandale Dr., Suite A</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:black'>Urbandale, IA 50322</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:black'>(P) 515-276-5302 Ext. 316</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:black'>(F) 480-393-5564</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:black'>(E) <a href="mailto:Jhollar@Pwaste.com">Jhollar@Pwaste.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:black'>(W) www.pwaste.com<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Sue Dayton
[mailto:sdayton@swcp.com] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 04, 2010 9:59 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'Tenace, Laurie'; 'Howard Anderson';
pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Pharmwaste] FW: Chemicals in water altering genders
offish(*LakePepin, Peedee and Potomac Rivers)<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'>Yes, please! I have read somewhere that it is not that high....<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'>Sue Dayton</span><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'>Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League</span><span
style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

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color:navy'>North Carolina Healthy Communities Program</span><span
style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'>PO BOX 44</span><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'>Saxapahaw, NC 27340</span><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'>(336) 525-2003</span><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

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color:navy'><a href="mailto:sdayton@swcp.com">sdayton@swcp.com</a></span><span
style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

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

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>
pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us
[mailto:pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Tenace,
Laurie<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 04, 2010 8:33 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'Howard Anderson'; pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Pharmwaste] FW: Chemicals in water altering genders
offish(*LakePepin, Peedee and Potomac Rivers)</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Howard,<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Can you share
your reference showing that 99% is excreted?<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Laurie<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The
Department of Environmental Protection values your feedback as a customer. DEP
Secretary Michael W. Sole is committed to continuously assessing and improving
the level and quality of services provided to you. Please take a few minutes to
comment on the quality of service you received. Simply click on <a
href="http://survey.dep.state.fl.us/?refemail=Laurie.Tenace@dep.state.fl.us"
target="_blank">this link to the DEP Customer Survey</a>. Thank you in advance
for completing the survey.</span></em><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us
[mailto:pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Howard
Anderson<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, February 03, 2010 5:55 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'Sue Dayton'; pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Pharmwaste] FW: Chemicals in water altering genders of
fish (*LakePepin, Peedee and Potomac Rivers)<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>Dear Pharmwaste List:<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";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></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>Howard<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>Howard C. Anderson, Jr.,R.Ph.</span><span
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us
[mailto:pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Sue
Dayton<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, February 03, 2010 1:22 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Pharmwaste] FW: Chemicals in water altering genders of fish
(*LakePepin, Peedee and Potomac Rivers)</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span class=datestamp><i>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, </i></span><i>carp, catfish and sturgeon,</i> <span
class=datestamp><i>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></i></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span class=datestamp><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></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span class=datestamp>COLUMBIA,
Mo., Nov. 25, 2009</span> <o:p></o:p></p>

<h1 style='margin-left:.5in'>Chemicals in Water Alter Gender of Fish<o:p></o:p></h1>

<h2 style='margin-left:.5in'>Pollution Brings Worrying Signs for Fish
Populations; Worse, Most U.S. Drinking Water Comes from the Same Sources<o:p></o:p></h2>

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