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EPA Proposes New Rules for Pharmaceutical Hazardous Waste Management and for Other Hazardous Waste Generators
Posted on 19 Oct 2015 by Ballard Spahr LLP

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced two new proposed hazardous waste rules that EPA believes would clarify and simplify requirements for health care facilities and retail pharmacies to manage their unused pharmaceuticals that... Read More

Tags: Hazardous Waste , creditable , pharmaceuticals , RCRA , EPA

EPA Proposes Hazardous Waste Rule for Pharmaceuticals
Posted on 2 Nov 2015 by Williams Mullen

A pre-publication draft of a proposed rule by EPA may clarify hazardous waste requirements for obsolete or defective pharmaceuticals. EPA proposes a new Subpart P entitled “Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals” to 40 CFR Part 266 of its RCRA regulations... Read More

Tags: Hazardous Waste , creditable , pharmaceuticals , RCRA , EPA

Pharmaceuticals, Drinking Water, and Liability
Posted on 24 Jun 2011 by Dianne Saxe

By Dianne Saxe, Ontario Environmental Lawyer The better our detection ability becomes, the more things we find in the water. One important group of those things is pharmaceuticals and their metabolites. Pharmaceuticals are specifically designed to... Read More

Tags: drinking water , metabolites , municipal water , wastewater , Water Quality , source water , immunity , pharmaceuticals , water pollution , water wells

Pharmaceuticals, Drinking Water, and Liability
Posted on 24 Jun 2011 by Dianne Saxe

By Dianne Saxe, Ontario Environmental Lawyer The better our detection ability becomes, the more things we find in the water. One important group of those things is pharmaceuticals and their metabolites. Pharmaceuticals are specifically designed... Read More

Tags: drinking water , metabolites , municipal water , wastewater , Water Quality , source water , immunity , pharmaceuticals , water pollution , water wells