Tom, you are absolutely correct. Many people do not realize that what you flush you will end up drinking at some point. Waste water is treated for all the yucky stuff and once cleaned, goes back in for consumption. Unfortunately the cleaning process only deals with germs and the really yucky stuff, but it does not deal with chemicals or drugs. I am not sure how or if there is a way to remove these types of stuff from the water during the cleaning process or not. So, it Tom has a very good idea and I'd encourage everyone to take his advice.
On Oct 11, 2008, at 7:58 AM, Tom Fowle wrote: > This is good stuff except it's beginning to be the case that > flushing unused > drugs is a bad idea. They're beginning to show up in the ecology in > higher > than expected amounts and can cause some real problems. After all > they're > drugs and are supposed to do things. > > Particularly if you want to dispose of drugs that may contain > hormones, or > of strong pain killers, I'd call the farmacy where you got them and > see if > they can properly dispose of them. This is a new concern, so many > places > may not yet be up to speed on it, but we need to begin making > farmacies and > drug companies aware they need to deal with the full life cycle of > there > products. Just like with the electronics industry. > > Tom fowle > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
