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Disposing of old medications improperly could pollute drinking water

Posted Wed, 2010/07/14 - 9:42am by RCAP

Did you know that by disposing of medications by dumping them into the toilet or down the sink, for example, you could be polluting our rivers, lakes and drinking water? So, then, what is the best way to get rid of meds?

Report released on pharmaceutical mail-back pilot program funded by EPA

Posted Thu, 2010/05/20 - 3:44pm by RCAP

Agency provided $150,000 grant to University of Maine’s Center on Aging to undertake study