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Pharmaceuticals are found in our waterways and drinking water, but we know little about the relative contributions from different types of drugs, their persistence in the environment, and the best ways of drug disposal to reduce the amount getting into the environment. Evidence indicates that some water-borne pharmaceuticals may be harming aquatic species, but how much do we know about their impact on human health? Briefing panelists will explore what is known and unknown about this issue and examine steps that can be taken to ensure that drugs continue to provide important health benefits while reducing unintended consequences from their presence in our water.
Contact Science & the Congress Briefing Series
The Society for Risk Analysis, and the Society of Toxicology
The House Science and Technology Committee
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Ray Garant, Welcome Remarks American Chemical Society | http://web.2.c2.audiovideoweb.com/va92web25028/congressional_briefings/9-14-10/Intro.flv |
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Jane Staveley, Moderator ARCADIS and Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry Bio │ Email | |
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Mae Wu Natural Resources Defense Council Presentation Slides Bio │ Email | http://web.2.c2.audiovideoweb.com/va92web25028/congressional_briefings/9-14-10/Mae_Wu.flv |
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Shane Snyder University of Arizona Presentation Slides Bio │ Email | http://web.2.c2.audiovideoweb.com/va92web25028/congressional_briefings/9-14-10/Shane_Snyder.flv |
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Sierra Fletcher Product Stewardship Institute Presentation Slides Bio │ Email | http://web.2.c2.audiovideoweb.com/va92web25028/congressional_briefings/9-14-10/Sierra_Fletcher.flv |
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Richard Williams Pfizer, retired Presentation Slides Bio │ Email | http://web.2.c2.audiovideoweb.com/va92web25028/congressional_briefings/9-14-10/Rich_Williams.flv |
See the ACS Global Challenges/Chemistry Solutions Podcast and Related Materials: “Supplying Safe Drinking Water”
Toxic Substances Hydrology Program
Report: Manufacturing Facilities Release Pharmaceuticals into the Environment, June 4, 2010
Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products in Water
Pharmaceuticals in Our Environment
Report: Approaches to Screening for Risk from Pharmaceuticals in Drinking Water and Prioritization for Further Evaluation, October 20, 2008
Draft: Best Management Practices for Unused Pharmaceuticals at Health Care Facilities
Federal Guidelines for Proper Disposal of Prescription Drugs
Report: Toxicological Relevance of EDCs and Pharmaceuticals in Drinking Water, 2008
Report: Dosed Without Prescription: Preventing Pharmaceutical Contamination of our Nation’s Drinking Water, December 2009
Report: Pharmaceuticals in the Water Environment, March 2010
Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry Special Issue: Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products, December 2009
NAS Workshop: Characterizing the Potential Human Toxicity from Low Doses of Pharmaceuticals in Drinking Water: Are New Risk Assessment Methods or Approaches Required?, December 11-12, 2008
“Drugs In The Environment,”March 29, 2010 Volume 88, Number 13
“Greener Drugs: Benign-By-Design Strategies,”March 29, 2010 (Web Only)
“Keeping Drug Disposal Secure,”July 19, 2010 Volume 88, Number 29
“EPA Targets Chemicals, Estrogens,”September 23, 2009 (Web Only)
“Toxicological Relevance of Pharmaceuticals in Drinking Water,” June 24, 2010, Volume 44, Number 14
“New Mode of Action Found for Pharmaceuticals in the Environment,” January 13, 2010, Volume 44, Number 4
“Repeating History: Pharmaceuticals in the Environment,” December 15, 2007, Volume 41, Number 24
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