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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>Jeff Hollar<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, February 04, 2010
12:08 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> 'Sue Dayton'; 'Tenace,
Laurie'; 'Howard Anderson'; pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [Pharmwaste] 75-82% by
excretion</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Here’s a recent article by Richard Hanners that
indicates: “</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Studies show that 75 to 82 percent
of the drugs found in wastewater treatment plants are attributable<font
color=black><span style='color:black'> to human and animal "pass-through,"
rather than direct drug disposal as waste.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>
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lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>The full story is available at:</span></font><font
size=2 color=black><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></font></p>
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lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>I would suggest the
remaining 18-25% is something that we do have the technology and resources to
properly manage. It’s the right thing and in some cases the legal
thing to do.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black'>Jeff Hollar</span></font><font
size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Calibri;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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Calibri;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color=blue face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:blue;font-weight:bold'>PharmWaste
Technologies, Inc.</span></font></b><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black'>(P) 515-276-5302 Ext.
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black'>(E) <a
href="mailto:Jhollar@Pwaste.com">Jhollar@Pwaste.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black'>(W) www.pwaste.com<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'><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'> Sue Dayton
[mailto:sdayton@swcp.com] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, February 04, 2010
9:59 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> 'Tenace, Laurie'; '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=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Yes, please! I have read somewhere that it
is not that high....<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> </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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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;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. - 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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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'> </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>Tenace, Laurie<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, February 04, 2010
8:33 AM<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 offish(*LakePepin, Peedee and Potomac
Rivers)</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Howard,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Can you share your reference showing
that 99% is excreted?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Laurie<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'>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></font></i></em><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><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)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><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 style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>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>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><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 style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><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 style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><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 style='margin-left:.5in'><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 style='margin-left:.5in'><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 style='margin-left:.5in'><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 style='margin-left:.5in'><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 style='margin-left:.5in'><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> <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 style='margin-left:.5in'><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 style='margin-left:.5in'><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 style='margin-left:.5in'><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 style='margin-left:.5in'><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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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span class=datestamp><i><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;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>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span class=datestamp><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>.........................................................<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span class=datestamp><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span class=datestamp><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><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 style='margin-left:.5in'><span class=datestamp><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><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 style='margin-left:.5in'><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 style='margin-left:.5in'><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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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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