New York Sea Grant Urging April 28th Take Back Day Participation to Help Keep Drugs Out of Great Lakes
The
4th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day is Saturday, April 28,
2012 across the U.S. In New York State, New York Sea Grant officials are
encouraging people to participate in the opportunity to properly dispose of
unwanted or unused prescription drugs to keep the pharmaceuticals out of the Great
Lakes.
“Each
day through improper disposal of pharmaceuticals and personal care products we
add unwanted toxins to the finite system of freshwater that is the Great
Lakes,” says New York Sea Grant Coastal Education Specialist Helen Domske,
Buffalo, NY. “National Take Back Day is a great opportunity for people to
properly clear their medicine drawers and cabinets of unwanted and unused
products. We want people to stop flushing them down the toilet or the drain.”
Domske
is the author of “Undo the Environmental Chemical Brew: Keep Unwanted
Medications & Chemicals Out of the Great Lakes.” The four-page primer tells
consumers how they can keep pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PCPs)
out of surface waters and why it is critical to do so.
The
New York, Illinois-Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania Sea Grant programs produced
“Undo the Environmental Chemical Brew: Keep Unwanted Medications &
Chemicals Out of the Great Lakes” with funding through the Great Lakes
Restoration Initiative of the US Environmental Protection Agency. The pamphlet
is online at www.seagrant.sunysb.edu/article.asp?ArticleID=558.
National
Prescription Drug Take Back Day collection site locations are found online at http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/drug_disposal/takeback
and include most local police agencies. #
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