Do Not Pollute Water By Dumping Old Medications

Have a look at some of the environmental articles at Alternet.

The headline and summary of the first story listed is an eye-catcher by Greg Peterson, E Magazine, posted August 9, 2007, called:

Pharmaceuticals in Our Water Supply Are Causing Bizarre Mutations to Wildlife

From inter-sex fish in the Potomac River to frog mutations in Wisconsin, federal officials are studying the effects of pharmaceuticals such as pain killers and depression medicine in our water supply.


See the rest of the article by clicking on the story headline on the Alternet site:

http://www.alternet.org/environment/

The moral of the story:

Do not flush your old or unwanted medications down toilets or drains. You have a number of options that may be available in your community:

• Talk to your local pharmacist to see whether they will accept the medications;
• Take them to a community recycling day or to a recycling depot where they take toxic substances;
• In some communities, there may be a Toxic Taxi that will come pick up your toxic substances.
• In other areas, there may be other groups collecting the old medications such as police or churches.