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<DIV><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'>Karalea,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'>I would like to also suggest a great website that I scan almost every day: <a href="http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/">http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'>If you are interested in joining the Pharmwaste list serve, go to this address and follow the directions there: <a href="http://lists.dep.state.fl.us/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharmwaste">http://lists.dep.state.fl.us/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharmwaste</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'>Thanks for your interest,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'>Laurie<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Laurie Tenace<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Environmental Specialist III<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Waste Reduction Section<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Florida Department of Environmental Protection<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>2600 Blair Stone Rd., MS 4555<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Tallahassee FL 32399-2400<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>P: 850.245.8759<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>F: 850.245.8811<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Laurie.Tenace@dep.state.fl.us <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Mercury: <a href="http://www.dep.state.fl.us/waste/categories/mercury/default.htm"><span style='color:blue'>http://www.dep.state.fl.us/waste/categories/mercury/default.htm</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Batteries: <a href="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><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Pharmaceuticals: <a href="http://www.dep.state.fl.us/waste/pharm/"><span style='color:blue'>http://www.dep.state.fl.us/waste/pharm/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div></DIV>
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<DIV STYLE="FONT-FAMILY: Courier New; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><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>Gilliam, Allen<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 12, 2012 5:17 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'karaleawells@gmail.com'<br><b>Cc:</b> 'hessenauer.meghan@epa.gov'; pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us; Fuller, Kim<br><b>Subject:</b> [Pharmwaste] hormonal pollution in lotic ecosystems? 'lil help here please?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>Karalea,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>You have hit a very hot button which has been/is being discussed globally.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>There are no specific ADEQ or Federal regulations/discharge limitations for any specific pharmaceuticals at this time. The only regulations close are directed specifically at the manufacturers themselves per 40 CFR 439, the “Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Point Source Category” @ <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><a href="http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr&sid=a167d68a3b8e57d72caeb2a573712f41&rgn=div5&view=text&node=40:30.0.1.1.15&idno=40">http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr&sid=a167d68a3b8e57d72caeb2a573712f41&rgn=div5&view=text&node=40:30.0.1.1.15&idno=40</a> which is so outdated, it’s not worth looking at because its limitations are for only the intermediates in making specific pharmas; i.e., no limitations on any pharmaceuticals themselves. Meghan Hessenhaur (ec’d above) is EPA’s project manager for possible future effluent guideline (federal standards/limits) and may reply.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>EPA is studying the issue as we speak from several viewpoints. This is not an Arkansas issue, but a global one and quickly gets muddied with the politics of source reduction from the manufacturers themselves. Quote from the Christian Science Monitor, “The pharmaceutical manufacturers sell the disease, not the drugs” (or something close to that).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>Your two best bets would be to link to <a href="http://www.epa.gov/ppcp/">http://www.epa.gov/ppcp/</a> and begin your trek through the most recent EPA studies and for me to forward your request to the “pharmwaste listserve” (ec’d above) administered by the very capable and nationally renowned Laurie Tenace(ous). From her listserve, you may get more answers than you wanted. There are many, many “experts” (Dr. Stevan Gressitt, a premier) on pharmaceuticals in the environment offering up more studies than one can absorb.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>Just fyi:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><a href="http://ehp03.niehs.nih.gov/article/fetchArticle.action?articleURI=info:doi/10.1289/ehp.8315">http://ehp03.niehs.nih.gov/article/fetchArticle.action?articleURI=info:doi/10.1289/ehp.8315</a> from the United Kingdom...<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><a href="http://www.epa.gov/ppcp/projects/vitellogenin.html">http://www.epa.gov/ppcp/projects/vitellogenin.html</a> project’s outcome: “Collapse of a Fish Population Following Exposure to a Synthetic Estrogen”.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>Good power point presentation from EPA’s lead scientist on the issue @ <a href="http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/AssessingRisk/PPCP/upload/01_Daughton.pdf">http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/AssessingRisk/PPCP/upload/01_Daughton.pdf</a> and one his special reports @ <a href="http://www.epa.gov/ppcp/pdf/errata.pdf">http://www.epa.gov/ppcp/pdf/errata.pdf</a> . <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>“Many drugs aren’t altered much by the body,” Dr. Daughton explained. “They circulate, do their thing and are excreted. You will have some that will survive the entire gauntlet of processes from the time you ingest a chemical to the time it comes out the other end of the sewage treatment plant.” from <a href="http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2008/sep/07/testing-drugs-tennessee-river-system-under-way/">http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2008/sep/07/testing-drugs-tennessee-river-system-under-way/</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>The USGS has also been in the fray for many years. See <a href="http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=2228">http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=2228</a> &<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><a href="http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=2305">http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=2305</a> for a couple of their studies.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>I’ve been following this issue since early ’05 and have 100s of stories and studies on pharmaceuticals’ toxic/sub-lethal effects on aquatic life in your “lotic” (had to look that one up…) systems; too many to sort through to find some specific to birth control pharmas.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>My favorite: <a href="http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_4297391">http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_4297391</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>Sorry for not being anything more than a vent, but good luck on your study!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>Allen Gilliam<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>ADEQ State Pretreatment Coordinator<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>501.682.0625<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>**************************************<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>Questions_Comments to ADEQ website:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>I'm a student at Arkansas Tech University and I'm researching hormonal pollution in lotic ecosystems, particularly from prescription birth controls. Do you have any information on hand on this- particularly relating to Arkansas? I'm also looking for information on wastewater regulations. They seem to be unique by city. Is there any standard state regulations that I could have access to?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>Karalea Wells<o:p></o:p></p></div></DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>