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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='margin-left:3.0pt;margin-top:3.0pt;margin-right:3.0pt;margin-bottom:.75pt'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hope none of the big pharmas follow suit in tossing this token offer to placate/patronize us. It’s 180</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>°</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> opposite of the objectives of the Pollution Prevention Act of 1990. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Not being negative about what Mallinckrodt’s doing, but as JV often says, “just saying…”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Allen g<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><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>Ed Gottlieb<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 25, 2013 1:16 PM<br><b>To:</b> pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us<br><b>Subject:</b> [Pharmwaste] pharmaceutical manufacturer funds 3 drop-boxes<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><a href="http://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mallinckrodt.com%2F&esheet=50617896&lan=en-US&anchor=Mallinckrodt&index=1&md5=a2dce1f8e37bbdf85420a6e885f9e06f">Mallinckrodt</a>, the pharmaceuticals business of Covidien, has bought three drop-boxes for police stations near their facility in St. Louis and given a $5000 grant to fund a year of disposal costs. Though it is only a token level of support, this makes Mallinckrodt look downright enlightened compared to other pharmaceutical manufactures! <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.fortmilltimes.com/2013/04/25/2645099/mallinckrodt-pharmaceuticals-launches.html">http://www.fortmilltimes.com/2013/04/25/2645099/mallinckrodt-pharmaceuticals-launches.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Ed Gottlieb<br>Chair, Coalition for Safe Medication Disposal <br>Industrial Pretreatment Coordinator <br>Ithaca Area Wastewater Treatment Facility<br>525 3<sup>rd</sup> Street<br>Ithaca, NY 14850<br>(607) 273-8381<br>fax: (607) 273-8433<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></body></html>