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<DIV>I might quietly suggest what we also need are a whole heck of a lot less
pharmaceuticals being made that are not needed. I am no medical
expert but I'm fairly certain Viagra is not a product required to live a healthy
life.....it may have an impact on quality of life (or not, there are certainly
plenty of people who wish it had never been invented)...that we could eliminate
huge amounts of "medicine" that is daily being disposed of in any number of less
than preferable manner simply be changing the diet of the bulk of the
population so they don't need drugs for dietary issues that are self created,
drugs for high blood pressure that should not be needed because people simply
prefer a pill to walking 2 miles...I mean horror of horrors, exercise.</DIV>
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<DIV>When a culture has a lifestyle that says "if I take an antacid before I eat
3x more than a human should consume at a single meal, it doesn't make
me as sick", or the relentless pressure to provide the latest and greatest
toothpaste in 34 different formulations, none of which were the kind you bought
the last time you purchased some..... I hardly think disposal is our
biggest problem...we would have a much bigger impact preventing. End of
the pipe (so to speak) is the last gasp effort to stop the problem, the
proverbial finger in the dike.</DIV>
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<DIV>remember "first do no harm" ?</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Tom Badrick</DIV>
<DIV>Badrick Consulting</DIV>
<DIV>stepping back of the soapbox</DIV>
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<DIV>
<DIV>In a message dated 4/13/2010 10:47:17 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
djlucia@gw.dec.state.ny.us writes:</DIV>
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<DIV>Sue,</DIV>
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<DIV>Pick your poison.</DIV>
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<DIV>Assume 1000 #'s of pharmaceuticals to be disposed of.</DIV>
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<DIV>Method 1 - Flushing - 100% enters the waters</DIV>
<DIV>Method 2 - landfill - Pharmaceuticals enter the leachate - some break
down - most are sent to a wastewater treatment facility let's say 95% for the
sake of conversation. 950 # to the waters</DIV>
<DIV>Method 3 - incineration - controlled burn - 999+ pounds destroyed - 1 #
to filters some captured. Less than 1 # released to environment.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>What we need are well controlled facilities that follow regulations...
:)</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Dennis J. Lucia, P.E.<BR>Pollution Prevention Unit<BR>Division of
Environmental Permits<BR>New York State Department of Environmental
Conservation<BR>625 Broadway 4th Fl.- SW<BR>Albany, NY
12233-1750<BR>(518) 402-9469<BR>Fax (518) 402-9168<BR><BR><BR>>>>
"Sue Dayton" <sdayton@swcp.com> 4/13/2010 1:02 PM >>><BR>Hi
Folks:<BR><BR>"Dozens of filters catch pollutants, from mercury to dioxin,
that would have<BR>emerged from its smokestack only a decade
ago?"<BR><BR>Waste to energy? Sounds like a wonderful idea, but not without
compromises.<BR>For one, our air. <BR><BR>Our organization has a number of
studies available on WTE. For starters see:<BR><BR><BR><A title=http://www.bredl.org/pdf2/StopIncinerationBlowingSmoke.pdf href="http://www.bredl.org/pdf2/StopIncinerationBlowingSmoke.pdf">http://www.bredl.org/pdf2/StopIncinerationBlowingSmoke.pdf</A><BR><BR><A title=http://www.greenaction.org/incinerators/documents/IncineratorsInDisguiseRepo href="http://www.greenaction.org/incinerators/documents/IncineratorsInDisguiseRepo">http://www.greenaction.org/incinerators/documents/IncineratorsInDisguiseRepo</A><BR>rtJune2006.pdf<BR><BR><A title=http://preventcancernow.ca/wp href="http://preventcancernow.ca/wp">http://preventcancernow.ca/wp</A>-content/uploads/2009/02/pcn-incin51.pdf<BR><BR>PowerPoint:
Burning Issues in Waste Disposal: <BR><A title=http://www.greenaction.org/incinerators/documents/GreenactionGAIAIncinerator href="http://www.greenaction.org/incinerators/documents/GreenactionGAIAIncinerator">http://www.greenaction.org/incinerators/documents/GreenactionGAIAIncinerator</A><BR>sInDisguise0209.pdf<BR><BR>Best
- <BR><BR>Sue Dayton<BR>Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League<BR>North
Carolina Healthy Communities Program<BR>PO BOX 44<BR>Saxapahaw, NC
27340<BR>(336) 525-2003<BR>sdayton@swcp.com<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>Our lives begin
to end the day we become silent about things that matter.<BR>- Martin
Luther King Jr.<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From:
pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us<BR>[mailto:pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us]
On Behalf Of DeBiasi,<BR>Deborah (DEQ)<BR>Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2010 9:31
AM<BR>To: pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us<BR>Subject: [Pharmwaste] "Europe
Finds Clean Energy in Trash, but U.S. Lags"<BR><BR>Good article on the
Waste-to-Energy Incinerators, like Covanta, that<BR>were being discussed here
last week.<BR><BR>"Europe Finds Clean Energy in Trash, but U.S.
Lags"<BR><BR><A title=http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/13/science/earth/13trash.html?th&emc=th href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/13/science/earth/13trash.html?th&emc=th">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/13/science/earth/13trash.html?th&emc=th</A><BR><BR><BR>Deborah
L. DeBiasi <BR>Email: Deborah.DeBiasi@deq.virginia.gov
(NEW!)<BR>WEB site address: www.deq.virginia.gov <BR>Virginia Department
of Environmental Quality <BR>Office of Water Permit Programs <BR>Industrial
Pretreatment/Whole Effluent Toxicity (WET) Program <BR>PPCPs, EDCs, and
Microconstituents<BR>www.deq.virginia.gov/vpdes/microconstituents.html
<BR>Mail: P.O. Box 1105,
Richmond, VA 23218 <BR>Location: 629 E. Main Street, Richmond,
VA 23219 <BR>PH:
804-698-4028 <BR>FAX: 804-698-4032
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