References


Official EPA Guidance

  • EPA Guidance Document: Best Management Practices for Unused Pharmaceuticals at Health Care Facilities [PDF]


    National Government Agencies

  • U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) [WEBSITE]
  • U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) [WEBSITE]
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) [WEBSITE]


    Seminars/Presentations

  • EPA Presentations and Abstracts: Workshop on Pharmaceuticals in the Environment [LIST of PDFS]
  • Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products in the Environment I [SUMMARY]
  • Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products in the Environment I [PRESENTATION]
  • Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products in the Environment II [SUMMARY]
  • Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products in the Environment II [PRESENTATION]


    Articles

  • NOAA Pharmaceuticals in the Environment - Information for Assessing Risk [ARTICLE]
  • Cradle-to-Cradle Stewardship of Drugs for Minimizing Their Environmental Disposition While Promoting Human Health - Part I [ARTICLE]
  • Cradle-to-Cradle Stewardship of Drugs for Minimizing Their Environmental Disposition While Promoting Human Health - Part II [ARTICLE]
  • Are Pharmaceuticals in Your Watershed? Understanding the Fate of Pharmaceuticals and Other Contaminants in Watersheds [ARTICLE]
  • Emerging Contaminants In the Environment [ARTICLE]
  • Emerging Chemicals of Concern [ARTICLE]
  • California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC): Overview of Pharmaceutical Waste [ARTICLE]
  • Evaluating Pharmaceutical Wastes [PDF]
  • Preventing Occupational Exposures to Antineoplastic and Other Hazardous Drugs in Health Care Settings [PDF]
  • Practice Greenhealth: Overview of Pharmaceutical Waste [ARTICLE]
  • Florida Department of Environmental Protection: Pharmaceutical Waste Management Resources [LIST of LINKS]
  • Pharmaceutical Wastes in Health Care Facilities [ARTICLE]
  • Pharmaceutical Waste Disposal [ARTICLE]
  • Unprescribed: Legislation to Keep Drugs Out of Water Thwarted by U.S. Pharmaceutical Lobbying [ARTICLE]
  • Hospitals At Risk For Hazardous Pharmaceutical Waste Violations [ARTICLE]
  • Pharmaceutical Waste Runoff Causing Shrimp, Other Marine Life to Commit Suicide [ARTICLE]