Daily Detox: Down the Drain
August 3, 2007 by Ali
Filed under Green Living
It’s inevitable that at some point you will find yourself with outdated, unused medicine of some form deep within the corners of your bathroom cabinet. Your allergies didn’t act up this year or you gracefully avoiding travel ills, even though you were prepared for the worst. There’s a better way to dispose of old meds than sending them down the drain.
If you flush, rinse or even put old meds in the trash, those man made compounds find their way into aquatic ecosystems and drinking water. Most rivers contain synthetic substances like antibiotics and birth control hormones. And water treatment plants can’t filter these out so they return to the source no matter how many gallons you send them off in.
If you’ve got unused meds, make them go round in other ways. Contact your local pharmacy to see if they will accept them or check with these programs:
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