~ Do not flush prescription drugs down the toilet. (Per the Santa Clara County Department of Environmental Health.) Although this was a pratice used in the past, new evidence and studies show that prescription drugs are not being completely filtered out when passing through sewer treatment plants. Damage to marine wildlife and plant life is an end product of this. (Oh Heavens! The sharks are on Viagra and the salmon are on Prozac.) Maybe this has always been the case and modern technology is now able to detect it. Please bring any old prescription drugs or medication to your local Household Hazardous Waste Program to be safely disposed of. (More Info)
Update: On October 15, 2007 California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed Senate bill SB966 (Senator Joe Simitian) which would, "...help ensure proper disposal of prescription pharmaceuticals by allowing retailers of pharmaceutical drugs and other organizations to have in place a system for the acceptance and collection of drugs."
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