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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hi Maia and all,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Whatever the exposure route for humans, no doubt we will ultimately find a way to minimize it. I am much more concerned about biological systems, e.g. the Plankton, at the start of the food web who are taking up plastic microfibers or other creatures that are and will be impacted. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Also, its not just the fibers, but the chemicals that adhere to them. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Very truly yours,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Brush Script MT";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Catherine Zimmer, MS, BSMT<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Executive director, <u><a href="http://www.hearrtmidwest.wildapricot.org/"><span style='color:blue'>HEARRT Midwest</span></a></u><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Principal, <u>Zimmer Environmental Improvement<o:p></o:p></u></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Pristina;color:#1F497D'>Improving processes, minimizing and managing waste and, reducing costs. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>T: 651.645.7509<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="mailto:zenllc@usfamily.net"><span style='color:blue'>zenllc@usfamily.net</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><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><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 [mailto:pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Mcguire,Maia Patterson<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, September 6, 2017 2:39 PM<br><b>To:</b> Catherine Zimmer; 'Kara'; 'the List Pharmwaste'<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Pharmwaste] Plastic fibers found in tap water<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Given that microplastic fibers are in the air, swallowing them in drinking water is probably the least of the ways that they get into our bodies...just sayin'....<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>I have also tested tapwater and bottled water and found occasional fibers, although at the time that I was doing that, I was using a method for identifying fibers as plastic that we now know gives false positives with cotton fibers, so I cannot be sure that the fibers I found then were plastic. I will probably run additional tapwater samples now :)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Maia<o:p></o:p></span></p><div id=Signature><div name=divtagdefaultwrapper><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Maia McGuire, PhD<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>UF/IFAS Extension Florida Sea Grant Agent<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>150 Sawgrass Road<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Bunnell, FL 32110<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>386-437-7464<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://stjohns.ifas.ufl.edu/sea/seagrant.htm" id=NoLP>http://stjohns.ifas.ufl.edu/sea/seagrant.htm</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://facebook.com/NEFLSeaGrant" id=NoLP>http://facebook.com/NEFLSeaGrant</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.plasticaware.org" id=NoLP>www.plasticaware.org</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Educational videos at</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="https://mail.ufl.edu/OWA/redir.aspx?C=54a2647a36d04f60ac673c2d6ed6342d&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.youtube.com%2fuser%2fIFASCDistrict" target="_blank" id=NoLP><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>http://www.youtube.com/user/IFASCDistrict</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div><div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'><hr size=2 width="98%" align=center></span></div><div id=divRplyFwdMsg><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> Pharmwaste <<a href="mailto:pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us">pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us</a>> on behalf of Catherine Zimmer <<a href="mailto:zenllc@usfamily.net">zenllc@usfamily.net</a>><br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, September 6, 2017 3:23 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'Kara'; 'the List Pharmwaste'<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Pharmwaste] Plastic fibers found in tap water</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hi Kara and all,</span><span style='color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Here’s another article from PRI: <a href="https://www.pri.org/stories/2017-09-05/if-youre-drinking-tap-water-youre-consuming-plastic-pollutants">https://www.pri.org/stories/2017-09-05/if-youre-drinking-tap-water-youre-consuming-plastic-pollutants</a></span><span style='color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>This is horrible news. </span><span style='color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Very truly yours,</span><span style='color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Brush Script MT";color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Catherine Zimmer, MS, BSMT</span><span style='color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Executive director, <u><a href="http://www.hearrtmidwest.wildapricot.org/">HEARRT Midwest</a></u></span><span style='color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Principal, <u>Zimmer Environmental Improvement</u></span><span style='color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Pristina;color:#1F497D'>Improving processes, minimizing and managing waste and, reducing costs. </span><span style='color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>T: 651.645.7509</span><span style='color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="mailto:zenllc@usfamily.net">zenllc@usfamily.net</a></span><span style='color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in;border-color:currentColor currentColor'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#212121'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#212121'> Pharmwaste [<a href="mailto:pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us">mailto:pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Kara<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, September 6, 2017 12:36 PM<br><b>To:</b> the List Pharmwaste<br><b>Subject:</b> [Pharmwaste] Plastic fibers found in tap water</span><span style='color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#212121'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1504719070824_15089"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/sep/06/plastic-fibres-found-tap-water-around-world-study-reveals">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/sep/06/plastic-fibres-found-tap-water-around-world-study-reveals</a></span><span style='color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1504719070824_15105"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span style='color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1504719070824_15176"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span style='color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>