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<div style="direction: ltr;font-family: Tahoma;color: #000000;font-size: 10pt;">A significant stakeholder group takes a stand:<br>

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<span class="xn-chron">April 21, 2016</span> /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --Citing the lack of free, accessible programs for disposal of prescription drugs in contributing to the U.S. painkiller abuse epidemic, 23 shareholder groups with more than

<span class="xn-money">$50 billion</span> in assets have asked 10 of the largest pharmaceutical companies to develop policies on industry responsibility for take back of unused and expired drugs."</blockquote>

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/shareholders-challenge-pharmaceutical-industry-to-take-back-unused-drugs-300255076.html<br>

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<div>Ed Gottlieb<br>

Chair, Coalition for Safe Medication Disposal<br>

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<div>Industrial Pretreatment Coordinator</div>

<div>Ithaca Area Wastewater Treatment Facility<br>

525 3<font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><sup>rd</sup></font> Street</div>

<div>Ithaca, NY  14850</div>

<div>(607) 273-8381</div>

<div>fax: (607) 273-8433</div>

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