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Contact: NYSG Coastal Education Educator Helen Domske, [email protected], (716) 645-3610
or Publicist Kara Lynn Dunn, [email protected], (315) 465-7578
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 14, 2016
Help Protect Great Lakes Waters on Drug Take Back Day October 22
OSWEGO COUNTY – New York Sea Grant is reminding Great Lakes residents that
October 22 is a National Prescription Drug Take Back Day; an opportunity for dropping off
unused medicines at collection sites statewide. The goal is to keep the pharmaceuticals out of the
freshwater Great Lakes system that provides drinking water to 42 million people in the United
States and Canada.
‘The simple act of dropping off your unused prescription drugs at a nearby collection
point helps reduce the impact of such substances as antibiotics, hormones, contraceptives,
antidepressants, cosmetics, and vitamins on the aquatic environment and on human health,’ says
New York Sea Grant Coastal Education Specialist Helen Domske.
More than 350 tons of prescription drugs were dropped off at more than 8,000 sites
across the U.S. on the Fall 2015 collection day.
To locate an authorized National Prescription Drug Take Back collection site for October
22, visit the U.S. DEA National Take Back Day Initiative Web site at
https://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/drug_disposal/takeback/. Collection hours are 10 a.m. to 2
p.m.
