[tshadow]

Do you guys remember on the "Today I" thread how we were all wondering what to do with out old meds, etc.?

Well, I saw this article and although it has nothing to do with intentional disposing of meds, it sort of adds to our thoughts on that thread.

So I'll post it below, and at the end I'll post the address, but sometimes the addresses change the stories, so I'll copy the whole article as well.

God bless...us all!!!

[tshadow]

AP probe finds drugs in drinking water By JEFF DONN, MARTHA MENDOZA and JUSTIN PRITCHARD, Associated Press Writers
Sun Mar 9, 5:03 PM ET

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080309/...er_i&printer=1



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[astern]

Hi Tam!

Another online Group I belong to posted this article - very disturbing.

Poison Control advises when disposing of unused drugs, put the pills, etc into kitty litter then step on it to break up the pills into the litter. It's the safest method.

But as far as the stuff we pee out... we have the chemical know-how to make clean water from pee - we just don't implement it. GROSS.

(If anyone is watching the "water wars" in the south, you know that the water Atlanta sends down river to Alabama and Florida is SEMI-treated. Yuck! And the water we are now draining from our resivoir lakes is 'bottom-water' so the water we start out with is yucky too. GA's Governor had the brainy idea that part of Tennessee actually belongs to GA (39th parallel or some such thing) just so that we could snatch some water rights. Tennessee's answer: send the Governor of GA a small pickup truck filled with bottled water! LOL!!)

[mtnmom]

Hi guys! I was just coming over here to see if you all had seen that! When I heard about this on the news last night, I thought of our previous conversation in regard to this topic...

I never did get a good, full proof answer as to how to 100% safely dispose of my coumadin so it is still sitting in the bottle in my medecine cabinet.

(The local news reported that traces of prescription antibiotics were found in the Denver water system - yuck!)

[mtnmom]

And... did you all see that caffeine was found in the water too, in some cities!?! Imagine, making your morning pot of coffee in one of those places!

[dabbo]

coffee with a side of antibiotics, caffine, and anti-convulsants!! Just what I need - more meds!

[tshadow]

Ok,

I have an uncle who is a medical scientist, multi-degreed and frankly, a genius in my eyes. (Not my blood, damn it!)

But anyways,

he said that there is no way to filter out these meds due to the small nature of the elements vs. filter abilities at this time, BUT,

he said he believes that the only safe way to dispose of meds is to have captive incineration (I believe Johanna said this? Or someone from Canada? And I was concerned with dioxin, so he explained to me the full extent of "captive" incineration.)

Then he said he felt that actually the pharmaceutical companies themselves should be financially and actually responsible by law to perform this service free of charge to the public - well, free except they charge us an arm and a leg for the meds themselves sometimes...haha.

So this is just more food for thought. And from someone who is a very special person in my life, and I always feel really honored when he thinks a subject I bring up is actually worth his discussion and thought. So we all (and I do mean all of us) actually thought of a good problem here, I mean, the disposal of the meds, etc.

God bless guys.

[CrystalSword]

For years and years I haven't been able to drink water, I dislike the taste, the odor, and in some cases, the texture....yes, there is a texture to some water! Here it is "grainy", like there is sand in it....probably is!


W.C. Fields said it real plain....he didn't drink water because fish "function" in it!

[Jomar]

Makes me glad we have private well, near the top of a forested hill, no close neighbors .

[trixlynn]

The most foolproof way to dispose of your old meds is to return them to your phhnarmacist! They collect old meds, and send them on to a bio incinerator. (captive incineration) At least that is what we do in Canada