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<div style="direction: ltr;font-family: Tahoma;color: #000000;font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.chattanoogan.com/2017/4/10/345761/TDEC-Protects-Water-Quality-By.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.chattanoogan.com/2017/4/10/345761/TDEC-Protects-Water-Quality-By.aspx</a><br>
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With the opioid addiction crisis getting all the headlines, it is unusual to see a large program (224 boxes) still stressing water quality. In this news story, accidental overdose gets mentioned in the fifth paragraph and the words "opioid epidemic" do not
appear until the seventh paragraph, more than halfway through. <br>
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This program has grown very rapidly. They collected 22K # in 2014, to 56K in 15, to 82K in 16! For 2016, that's an average of 366 #/box! The number of boxes in service over time is not precisely known. This information is from correspondence with the TDEC,
not from the story link above.
<blockquote><span lang="en-US"><font size="2" face="Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;">Based on our data, in 2008, one collection box was present in Tennessee. In 2012, 23 were added. In 2013, 21 were added. In 2014, 17 were added. In 2015, 36
were added. In 2016, 65 were added, and in 2017, five have been added. We do not know the date of installation of 61 boxes, as those were placed by local law enforcement or others directly. We are up to 229 boxes total, so more are being added consistently.</span></font></span>
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<font size="2">Ed Gottlieb</font><br>
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Board Member, New York Product Stewardship Council<br>
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<font size="2">525 3</font><sup>rd</sup><font size="2"> Street</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Ithaca, NY 14850</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">(607) 273-8381</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">fax: (607) 273-8433</font></div>
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