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Highlights
Federal Guidelines for Consumers:
Proper Disposal of Prescription Drugs (1 pp, 95 K About PDF)
Pilot Outreach on Proper Drug Disposal:
Dispose of Medicines, Vitamins and Other Supplements in Frederick County, Maryland (2 pp, 120 K About PDF)
Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) are being discovered in our Nation's waters at very low concentrations. Pharmaceuticals refer to prescription and over-the-counter therapeutic drugs and veterinary drugs. Personal care products refer to products used for personal and cosmetic reasons such as soaps, fragrances, and cosmetics.
We are responding to the issues of PPCPs in water with a four-pronged strategy aimed at:
- improving science;
- improving public understanding;
- identifying partnership and stewardship opportunities; and
- taking regulatory action when appropriate.
Press Release: EPA Continues Work to Understand Potential Impacts of Pharmaceuticals in Water (August 6, 2008)
- Managing Unused Pharmaceuticals
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- Health Care Industry Unused Pharmaceuticals Detailed Study 2007-2009 Data Collection and Outreach (PDF) (17 pp, 164K, About PDF)
- Interim Report on Unused Pharmaceuticals in the Health Care Industry (PDF) (17 pp, 409K, About PDF) August 2008 [c2]
- Universal Waste Rule November 2008 [c3]
- National Academy of Sciences (NAS)
- World Health Organization (WHO)
- Fish Tissue
- Aquatic Life
- Sewage Sludge/Biosolids
- Analytical Methods
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- PPCP Methods Development August 2008
- Other