Posted by Quintal on December 22, 2006, at 9:11:26
In reply to Re: Recycling Medicines? » Phillipa, posted by Simcha on December 21, 2006, at 15:23:59
>It's actually illegal to flush meds down the toilet here in California. They've tested the water in the San Francisco Bay and have found levels of Prozac, other anti-depressants, opiates, blood >pressure meds etc. These drugs have been found in drinking water here in California too. So, the environmental impact and the impact on humans is being questionned.
>Here we are encouraged to bring them back to the pharmacy so that the pharmacy can properly dispose of them. Pharmacies in California take the unused drugs back and dispose of them in >ways that do not allow the meds to seep into groundwater.
>Simcha
Won't any active metabolites or drugs that are excreted unchanged in the urine or faeces also be present in those samples? How do they get around that problem? I also read that estrogens from the urine of women taking oral contraceptives are entering the drinking supply.Q
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