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Updated: 6:49 PM Mar 13, 2010
Flushing Prescription Contaminates Water
When you get rid of old medications you might just throw them away or flush them down the toilet, but did you know that medication might come back to you in your drinking water?
Posted: 6:31 PM Mar 13, 2010Reporter: Lizz Marrs Email Address: lizz.marrs@nbc11news.com |
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MONTROSE, Colo. (KKCO)- When you get rid of old medications you might just throw them away or flush them down the toilet, but did you know that medication might come back to you in your drinking water?
When you flush your old prescriptions away, they become a part of our water supply and could eventually poison yours or someone else's body.
Montrose Memorial Hospital is giving you the opportunity to properly throw away those toxic medicines without worrying about where they end up.
The hospital started collecting old prescriptions Saturday at the Montrose health fair, but they know one day is not enough time to collect everyone's unused meds and will continue to take donations at the hospital pharmacy throughout the week.
Officials with the hospital say this disposal program is the only one they know of on the Western Slope, and they hope it will help keep you from drinking contaminated water.
If you aren't able to drop your medicines off, hospital officials say the next best thing is mix them with cat litter or coffee grinds and put them in a secure container before disposing of the pills.
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