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Wednesday November 1, 2006
Board OKs Looking into Drug Disposal Plan
By Reina V. Slutske
Signal Staff Writer
The Board of Supervisors approved research into a countywide prescription and over-the-counter drug disposal program Tuesday.
The program, called "No Drugs Down the Drain," has already been implemented successfully in Orange County and the city of Los Angeles.
The Sanitation District, which runs the program, would consult with the Department of Health, Department of Public Works and other county departments regarding how feasible it would be to conduct a similar program throughout the county.
There are county events to dispose of drugs, such as the household hazardous waste disposal event that will take place at College of the Canyons on Saturday.
However, if the program is implemented, there will be permanent drop-off locations for medications, where they would be collected and sent to be incinerated.
The potential program was a great idea, said Lynne Plambeck, president of the Santa Clarita Organization for Planning the Environment.
"It used to be that doctors would tell people to flush (excess pills) down the toilet, and when we flush things down the toilet, it puts things into the Santa Clara River," Plambeck said.
Over-the-counter and prescription drugs, especially hormones such as birth control pills, can end up in groundwater and affect aquatic life, such as frogs and fish.
Plambeck said animals that live in areas with high releases of chemicals often have deformities.
She said that although there have been no studies of the effect of pharmaceuticals on water in the Santa Clarita Valley area, she hoped there would be one in the future.
It is important that these medications don't end up in the wrong hands and that they don't run off into the ocean or groundwater, said Tony Bell, spokesman for Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich, who wrote the motion.
The Board of Supervisors also passed a motion to approve training and to authorize Cedars-Sinai Medical Center to perform simple autopsies.
The proposal will also authorize potential expansions of the program to other hospitals in the county.
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