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<DIV>According to the EPA web site there are more than 700+ cities with combined
sewer systems. What that means is a significant rain event can send
sanitary sewer discharges into the "untreated" pathway. Where I live that
means the Willamette River (then the Columbia, then the Pacific Ocean).</DIV>
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<DIV>I don't think any solution will be as effective as weaning people off all
the products. It would be interesting to know what percentage of
"pharmaceuticals" were medically necessary. </DIV>
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<DIV>Tom Badrick</DIV>
<DIV>Badrick Consulting</DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 2/4/2010 5:23:56 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
Rick.Reibstein@state.ma.us writes:</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Don’t
forget septic discharges. Not everything goes to
sewer.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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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 6:04 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
'Howard Anderson'; 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></DIV></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Howard:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">This
is more complex than you think. I work on sludge issues here in NC – the
spreading of sewage sludge on farmlands (where this stuff concentrates) that’s
being given to farmers to use as a fertilizer free of charge from WWTPs. Our
sewage systems aren’t going to do a .... thing unless they are TOLD to do so
by state and/or federal regulators. They aren’t being told nor will they
acknowledge that there’s a problem. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Sue
Dayton</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: navy"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Blue
Ridge Environmental Defense League</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: navy"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">North
Carolina Healthy Communities Program</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: navy"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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44</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: navy"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Saxapahaw,
NC 27340</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: navy"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">(336)
525-2003</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: navy"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><A title=mailto:sdayton@swcp.com href="mailto:sdayton@swcp.com">sdayton@swcp.com</A></SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: navy"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that
matter. - Martin Luther King Jr.</SPAN></EM><EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></EM></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">
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)</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Dear
Pharmwaste List:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">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></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Howard<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Howard
C. Anderson, Jr.,R.Ph.</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: navy"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Executive
Director</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: navy"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">North
Dakota Board of Pharmacy</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: navy"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">1906
E. Broadway Ave.</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: navy"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">P.O.
Box 1354</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: navy"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Bismarck,
ND 58502-1354</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: navy"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Phone
(701) 328-9535</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: navy"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Fax
(701) 328-9536</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: navy"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Web
site www.nodakpharmacy.com</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">
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></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN class=datestamp><I>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, </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>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN class=datestamp>.........................................................<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN class=datestamp><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN class=datestamp><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN class=datestamp><A title=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/11/25/eveningnews/main5778106.shtml 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>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN class=datestamp><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN class=datestamp>COLUMBIA, Mo., Nov. 25, 2009</SPAN>
<o:p></o:p></P>
<H1>Chemicals in Water Alter Gender of Fish<o:p></o:p></H1>
<H2>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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