You and the Environment
Pharmaceutical and hormonal contaminants, including bisphenol-A, antibiotics, and opiates, are being detected in a significant portion of the United States groundwater supply for drinking water. It’s unknown what, if any, amount of these chemicals will make it through water treatment to the tap. Researchers say that the levels detected are unlikely to cause any harmful effects. However, the results of potential long-term exposure to small amounts of pharmaceuticals is unknown, but worrisome. – Source: Healthline
As regulators struggle to maintain decades of halting progress in cleaning up U.S. tap water, countless Americans will inevitably drink unsafe water long into the future — both from unregulated pollutants and regulated ones that make it past water-treatment plants.- Source: Treehugger
To address these alarming findings, more and more independent community pharmacies are responding to their customers’ pleas for eco-friendly and safe options for medication disposal. Find a disposal site near you. If you are unable to find a pharmacy in your community participating in a drug take-back program, try contacting your local law enforcement agency for guidance.