Drugs in the environment: Do pharmaceutical take-back programs make a difference?

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Drugs in the environment: Do pharmaceutical take-back programs make a difference? [1]

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The state of Maine experimented with drugs last year. The state had already tested several methods?for collecting unused pharmaceuticals, with varying degrees of success. After tracking surprisingly high concentrations of pharmaceuticals in landfill leachate

Publication Date:

01/05/2010

Author(s): Naomi Lubick [2]

Source: Environmental Health Perspectives [3]

Vol:

118

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Source URL: http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/drugs-environment-do-pharmaceutical-take-back-programs-make-difference

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