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<DIV>Potentially groundwater contamination!<BR><BR></DIV>
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<DIV><BR>Alan G. Woodard, Ph.D.<BR>New York State Department of Environmental Conservation<BR>Division of Materials Management<BR>Bureau of Permitting & Planning<BR>625 Broadway<BR>Albany, New York 12233-7258<BR><BR>Office: (518) 402-8706<BR>Fax: (518) 402-8681<BR>E-Mail:agwoodar@gw.dec.state.ny.us>>> Stevan Gressitt <gressitt@gmail.com> 7/2/2012 8:13 PM >>><BR>My curiosity is raised. what specifically would the impact of that one dose be on a septic tank/leech field?<BR><BR></DIV>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 7:36 PM, Jim Mullowney <SPAN dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:jmullowney@pharma-cycle.com" target=_blank>jmullowney@pharma-cycle.com</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class=gmail_quote>There is no established time weighted average exposure allowed for cytotoxins, OSHA is Zero exposure. The bigger problem is for about 25 of the drugs the patient will excrete a large portion of the drug in the active form, so the guy cleaning the toilet or changing the sheets is heavily exposed. How about a patient on Cyclophosphamide who will get 4 grams of the drug injected and 1 gram will be excreted in 24 hours ( estimated one liter of urine in 24 hours that is 1000 ppm). That is a lot of a chemical made by a guy in a spacesuit to send someone home to his family without even telling him. The story gets worse if the guy is on a septic system and a well.<BR>Nice work Niosh, OSHA needs to step it up a bit and the EPA should recognize that "drugs are chemicals too". Cyclophosphamide (U058) breaks down into Acrolein (P003).<BR>What are we thinking.<BR><BR>Jim Mullowney<BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: <A href="mailto:pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us">pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us</A> [mailto:<A href="mailto:pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us">pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us</A>] On Behalf Of Matthew C. Mireles<BR>Sent: Monday, July 02, 2012 4:40 PM<BR>To: Jeff Hollar; <A href="mailto:pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us">pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us</A><BR>Subject: Re: [Pharmwaste] NIOSH Update<BR><BR>Jeff, many thanks for this info. Exposure to hazardous materials is measured in time weighted average (TWA), FYI.<BR><BR>Matthew Mireles<BR><BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>>From: Jeff Hollar <<A href="mailto:jhollar@pwaste.com">jhollar@pwaste.com</A>><BR>>Sent: Jul 2, 2012 3:22 PM<BR>>To: <A href="mailto:pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us">pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us</A><BR>>Subject: [Pharmwaste] NIOSH Update<BR>><BR>>We have just updated our database to reflect NIOSH's recent additions<BR>>(Table<BR>>1) and deletions (Table 2) to the NIOSH hazardous drug list. Waste-ID<BR>>subscribers will notice these changes on their next output. 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