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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Below is a press release regarding the upcoming Safe Medicine Disposal Symposium in Sonoma County, CA. Please circulate to the Pharmwaste Digest listserve. Thank you!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="html-63" style="background:white"><strong><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red">Safe Medicine Disposal
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Policy Symposium</span></strong></span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="html-63" style="background:white"><strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red">Collection Program to be Discussed October 29</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="background:white"><em><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red">Over 27 tons of medicine collected to date</span></b></em><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="background:white"><em><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">By Brad Sherwood</span></em><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="background:white">The media and members of the public are invited to attend a<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> Safe Medicine Disposal Symposium on October 29</span></strong>, 2014 from 8:00 am - 2:30 pm, at the
<a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/35+Stony+Point+Rd,+Santa+Rosa,+CA+95401/@38.442619,-122.7515584,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x80843839db8a69b5:0x68d6fd77a41889b2" title="35 Stony Point Rd., Santa Rosa, CA">
City of Santa Rosa Utilities Field Office, 35 Stony Point Road, Santa Rosa</a>. Symposium speakers will discuss the range of issues associated with pharmaceutical waste and evaluate the success, challenges and solutions to take-back events and campaigns. Other
topics to be discussed include producer responsibility, environmental impacts, and local government funding.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="background:white">The <strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.safemedicinedisposal.org" title="Sonoma County Safe Medicine Disposal Program">Safe Medicine Disposal Program</a></span></strong> (Program) is a partnership
of local agencies that provides FREE medicine disposal options for residents in Sonoma and Mendocino Counties.
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Since 2007, the Program has collected over 27 tons of unwanted pharmaceuticals.</span></strong> The Program’s goal is to protect children from accidental poisonings and keep pharmaceuticals out of our creeks
and streams. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="background:white"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">When</span></strong>: 8:00 am - 2:30 pm, Wednesday, October 29, 2014<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="background:white"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Where</span></strong>: City of Santa Rosa Utilities Field Office, 35 Stony Point Road, Santa Rosa, CA 94901<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="background:white"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Who</span></strong>: Public officials, health care providers, interested parties, and leaders in environmental, non-profit, and government organizations, including Shirlee Zane,
Sonoma County Board of Supervisors and Water Agency Director; Dr. Marshall Kubota, Regional Medical Director, Partnership Health Plan of California; and Matt St. John, Executive Officer, North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="background:white"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Registration</span></strong>: Event is free, however
<strong><i><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">space is limited</span></i></strong>. Please reserve your spot now at:
<a href="http://www.safemeds.eventbrite.com/">www.safemeds.eventbrite.com</a>. Refreshments and lunch will be provided.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="background:white">For more information please visit <a href="http://www.safemedicinedisposal.org/events/">
http://www.safemedicinedisposal.org/events/</a> or contact Carly Cabrera, Water Agency Programs Specialist, at 707-547-1966.<span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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