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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Hi all,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>This has been a
great string, but it is getting too long with too many individuals copied on it
for the list serve to handle. Please start a new string if you want to continue
with this conversation –<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>If any of those
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<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>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Laurie Tenace<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>Environmental Specialist<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>Waste Reduction Section<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>Florida Department of Environmental Protection<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>2600 Blair Stone Rd., MS 4555<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>Tallahassee FL 32399-2400<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>P: 850.245.8759<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>F: 850.245.8811<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><a href="mailto:Laurie.Tenace@dep.state.fl.us">Laurie.Tenace@dep.state.fl.us</a>
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color:#1F497D'>Mercury: <a href="../../../My%20Documents/8700-12FL%20fact%20sheet"><span style='color:
blue'>http://www.dep.state.fl.us/waste/categories/mercury/default.htm</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>Batteries: <a href="../../../My%20Documents/Arsenic" title="http://www.dep.state.fl.us/waste/categories/batteries/default.htm"><span style='color:blue'>http://www.dep.state.fl.us/waste/categories/batteries/default.htm</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>Pharmaceuticals: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><a href="../../../My%20Documents/8700-12FL%20fact%20sheet"><span style='color:blue'>http://www.dep.state.fl.us/waste/categories/medications/default.htm</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>To join the Pharmwaste listserve: <a href="http://lists.dep.state.fl.us/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharmwaste"><span style='color:blue'>http://lists.dep.state.fl.us/cgibin/mailman/listinfo/pharmwaste</span></a><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"'> Matthew C. Mireles [mailto:mirelesmc@earthlink.net]
<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 08, 2010 9:07 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Walters,Scott (DEP); cssrinivasan@communityofcompetence.com; 'Jeff
Hollar'; 'Gilliam,Allen'; Thompson.Virginia@epamail.epa.gov; 'Gressitt,Stevan'<br>
<b>Cc:</b> pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us; 'Bunnell,Ross';
easmith@communityofcompetence.com; pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Pharmwaste] Household pharms (even haz waste) excluded<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>That would be an interesting research question. Since very
few pharmaceutical products are actually classified as RCRA waste except those
classes already mentioned (e.g. chemotherapeutics, antineoplastics, and
radioactive isotopes, etc.), this classification system may be limited.
For environmental hazard and risk assessment and classification, we use the
JANUS INFO system that is based on more accurate and controlled risk
assessment methodology including systematic histological examination of aquatic
species. I think our EPA started just started a similar program.
Even JANUS INFO does not cover 100% of the drugs on the European market, but by
far it's the most usable classification for suspect drugs with relatively high
potential of deleterious effects in the environment. Of course, we are
talking about the endocrine disruptors, antibiotics, and others. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>ENVIRONMENTAL RISK refers to risk of acute toxicity to the aquatic
environment. Environmental risk is based on the ratio of predicted
environmental concentration of the substance (PEC) and the highest
concentration of the substance that does not have a harmful effect in the
environment (PNEC). </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>The potential ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD assessment
of an active pharmaceutical substance is based on the three
characteristics of persistence (P), bioaccumulation (B), and toxicity (T). Each
characteristic is assigned a numeric value (0–3). The total of the values
comprises the <b>PBT</b> Index of the substance. </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Environmental
hazard assessment is based on the JANUS Classification System, accessed at </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.janusinfo.se/imcms/servlet/GetDoc?meta_id=6913"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>http://www.janusinfo.se/imcms/servlet/GetDoc?meta_id=6913</span></a></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>. </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>We have standardized our National Unused and Expired Medicines
Registry to the JANUS INFO for now and we expect to begin cross national
comparison very soon. If the EPA or any other agency in the US has a
comparable classification system, please let us know. </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Additionally, we are cross referencing returned unused and expired
meds with OSHA hazardous materials for possible exposure, and very few drugs
showed up.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>BMP...best management practices...something we don't see too
often. I add some more terms to think about:</span><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>precautionary principle</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>product stewardship</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>social responsibility</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>environmental sustainability</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>REACH</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Jeff Hollar, I may take you up on your offer and check our UEM
data from the Registry with your RCRA list. I believe our research team did
this several years ago and we determined that RCRA was not adequate in the kind
and level of coding we needed to do for the Registry. But I'm willing to look
at it again. </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Matthew Mireles</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:black'><br>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>-----Original Message----- <br>
From: "Walters, Scott (DEP)" <br>
Sent: Apr 8, 2010 7:36 AM <br>
To: 'Jeff Hollar' , "'Gilliam, Allen'" ,
"Thompson.Virginia@epamail.epa.gov" , "'Matthew C.
Mireles'" , "'Gressitt, Stevan'" <br>
Cc: "pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us" , "'Bunnell,
Ross'" , "pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us" <br>
Subject: RE: [Pharmwaste] Household pharms (even haz waste) excluded <br>
<br>
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<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'>I wonder if some of the regulated
medical waste companies would have that information. Some of them also
collect pharmaceuticals.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:black'>-----Original Message-----<br>
<b>From:</b> pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us
[mailto:pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jeff
Hollar<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, April 07, 2010 5:21 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'Gilliam, Allen'; Thompson.Virginia@epamail.epa.gov; 'Matthew C.
Mireles'; 'Gressitt, Stevan'<br>
<b>Cc:</b> pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us; 'Bunnell, Ross';
pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Pharmwaste] Household pharms (even haz waste) excluded</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>We have found that around 4%
of an inpatient pharmacy’s formulary is RCRA waste, when discarded. Not
all of those items are used by households. However, let’s not forget
about the BMP (Best Management Practices) waste. Think of all the chemo
drugs alone that would be classified as RCRA waste if RCRA was updated. </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>If anyone is interested in
running a test to determine the amount of RCRA waste collected at their next
collection event, let me know (off of the listserve). We will help out
with the identification side and share the results with the rest of the group.</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='color:black'><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:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Jeff Hollar</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>(E) <a href="mailto:Jhollar@Pwaste.com">Jhollar@Pwaste.com</a></span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>(W) www.pwaste.com</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='color:black'><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";color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>
Gilliam, Allen [mailto:GILLIAM@adeq.state.ar.us] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, April 07, 2010 1:20 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'Thompson.Virginia@epamail.epa.gov'; 'Matthew C. Mireles';
'Gressitt, Stevan'<br>
<b>Cc:</b> pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us; 'Bunnell, Ross';
pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Pharmwaste] Household pharms (even haz waste) excluded</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Understood, but sorry. </span><span style='color:black'><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:blue'>Would anyone care to take a swag
at what % of pharma collections from a take-back program are actually
RCRA? I'd hazard (yep, a pun there) less than 0.5%.</span><span style='color:black'><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:blue'>Gressitt? Mireles?
Whatchoo think?</span><span style='color:black'><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:blue'>allen g</span><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:black'>-----Original Message-----<br>
<b>From:</b> Thompson.Virginia@epamail.epa.gov
[mailto:Thompson.Virginia@epamail.epa.gov] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, April 07, 2010 12:20 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Gilliam, Allen<br>
<b>Cc:</b> pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us;
pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us; 'Bunnell, Ross'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Pharmwaste] Household pharms (even haz waste) excluded</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Some states (including Pennsylvania) do not apply the household
haz waste exemption to waste that is brought back together into one location
such as at a collection event. The pharmaceutical collection events that
have been held in PA have required compliance with PA's hazardous waste regulations
as though the waste had not been household waste. There may be other
states that also do not keep the household waste exemption when household haz
waste is collected. </span><span style='color:black'><br>
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</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Virginia Thompson<br>
Sustainable Healthcare Sector Manager<br>
Office of Environmental Innovation (3EA40)<br>
US Environmental Protection Agency Region 3<br>
1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103<br>
Voice: (215) 814-5755; Fax (215) 814-2783<br>
thompson.virginia@epa.gov<br>
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