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What's in Your Water?
-Antidepressants?
-Birth Control Pills?
-Pet Medications?
GOOD
IDEA:
Cleaning out your medicine cabinet and
disposing of
unused or outdated prescription and over-the counter
medications is a good idea.
BAD IDEA:
Flushing medications and substances down
the toilet
or disposing of them in the trash is a bad idea!
THE PROBLEM:
It is estimated that 4,600 tons of
pharmaceuticals and personal care products enter the waste stream
each year. Flushing medications down toilets kills bacteria needed
in septic systems and they travel through sewage treatment plants,
unfiltered, making their way into the drinking supply. Drugs placed
in the trash enter landfills and can trickle into the ground water.
THE SOLUTION: PRESCRIPTION DRUG TAKE BACK & DISPOSAL PROGRAMS
Pharmacies, in cooperation with the
EPA, collect medications that will be incinerated properly instead
of released into the environment.
DOC'S DRUGS - COMMITTED TO THE SOLUTION:
In support of the Pontiac Township
High School Student "P2D2" (Prescription Drug Disposal Program) and
the Will County Pharmaceutical Take-Back Program.
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JOIN US!
We encourage our
communities to join us and
take part in this beneficial
program which helps protect
your health, your children's
health and the environment
There's Just
One Earth,
Let's Take Care
of it Together!
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