Green Pharmacy Resources

Education Materials

• Research Study on Unused Medicines
  Green Pharmacy Program Preliminary Data Report
• Symbiosis Journal Vol 4.2
  Green Pharmacy: Pharmaceutical Pollution Prevention
• Environmental Health Brochure
  Drugs In Our Water

Videos

Nicholas Kristof Describes the Endocrine Disruptors in the Water
Colbert Report, July 1, 2009

How to dispose of expired medicines
ABC 7 On Your Side, September 08, 2008

Rx for Medicine Disposal: Why it Matters
Consumer Health Interactive, June 20, 2008

Getting Pharmaceuticals Out of Our Water
(English & Spanish version available)
United States EPA & NoDrugsDownTheDrain.org, October 2008

Articles about Green Pharmacy

• Green Pharmacy: Growing Around the Nation
  by R.C. Anderson, The Pharmacist, www.therph.com, August 2009
• Reducing Pharmaceutical Waste
  by Jessica Harvey-Taylor, MA, Marin Medicine, www.marinmedicalsociety.org,
  Vol 55.2, Summer 2009
• 2009 Chain of the Year: Pharmaca
  Margaret Mulligan, BA, BSN, RN, Drug Topics, www.drugtopics.com, April 2009
• Taking the Initiative to Take Back Medications
  by Robyn Shalinsky, RPh, America's Pharmacist, www.americaspharmacist.net, March 2009
• Green pharmacy pilot program goes national
  Fred Gebhart, Drug Topics, www.drugtopics.com, March 2009
• Dumping Drugs Puts Traces of Meds in Tap: Internists' Participation Needed to Reduce Unused Meds
  by Stacey Butterfield, ACP Internist, www.acpinternist.org, February 2009
• Toolkit for Pharmaceutical Take-Back Programs Available: The Teleosis Institute Sheds Light on Everything from Budgets to Bins The Drug Take-Back Network Monthly Feature, www.takebacknetwork.com, February 2009
• Rx Quandary: Drug Disposal Dilemma
  by Ryan Buchan and Rasa Gustaitis, California Coast & Ocean, www.coastandocean.org, Summer 2008
• Personal dilemma may inspire U.S. water fix: Drug dropboxes
  by Martha Mendoza, USA Today, www.usatoday.com, August 15, 2008
• Reduce, Reuse, Recycle....Drugs?
  by Victoria Everman,Greenopia , www.greenopia.com, June 2008
• No Clear Rx For Disposing Of Drugs: Local groups start take-back programs
  by Victoria Colliver, San Francisco Chronicle, www.sfgate.com, April 23, 2008
• Kaiser Permanente, Elephant Pharmacy, and other groups in California work together to dispose of unused drugs...
  by Fred Gebhart, Drug Topics Magazine, www.drugtopics.com, March 10, 2008
• Don't Flush: What To Do With Your Unused Pharmaceuticals
  by Bethany Halford, Chemical & Engineering News, www.acs.org, February 25, 2008
• Disposing of Expired Drugs and Chemicals: New Options...
  by Jane Vail, Journal of Pharmaceutical Compounding, www.ijpc.com, Jan 2008
• Responsibly Recycling Drugs
  by Cindy Chen, OrganicPicks Green Journal, www.organicpicks.com, Dec 10, 2007
• Green Solutions to Drug Disposal Blues
  by Reid Paul, Drug Topics Magazine, www.drugtopics.com, Sep 3, 2007
• Medication: It's in the Water
  by Janet Brown, Holistic Primary Care News, www.holisticprimarycare.net, Fall 2007
• Greener Pharmacy: Proper Medicine Disposal Protects Environment
  by Joel Kreisberg, Integrative Medicine Journal, www.imjournal.com, Aug 2007
• Turning Pharmaceuticals Into Energy
  by Emily Fredrix, Associated Press, www.philly.com, July 30, 2007
• Group Looks to Change How Patients Dispose of Medicines
  by Jonathan Seclow, The Daily Californian, www.dailycal.org, July 19, 2007
• Teleosis Institute Launches Green Pharmacy Campaign
  CHE Newsletter, www.healthandenvironment.org, June 13, 2007

Radio shows on Green Pharmacy

• WAMC: Chronic Meds For Everyone & This Is Your Tap Water On Drugs
  The Health Show on Northeast Public Radio, www.healthshow.org, November 13, 2008
• KQED: Drugs in the Water
  Quest hosted by Andrea Kissack, www.kqed.org, July 14, 2008
• NPR: Medicines Tainting World's Water
  Marketplace with Sarah Gardner, marketplace.publicradio.org, February 20, 2008
• How Green is Your Medicine Cabinet?
  Living Green hosted by Connie McCullah, February 14, 2008

Lectures on Green Pharmacy

• Green Pharmacy: Engaging Health Care To Safely Dispose of Unused Medicines
  by Dr. Joel Kreisberg, CleanMed 2009
• Healthcare, Water and The Environmental Consequences Environmental Consequences of Pharmaceutical Consumption
  by Dr. Joel Kreisberg, Ohio State’s College of Public Health, Environmental Challenges to Public Health: A Human Ecology Integration of Climate Change, Peak Oil, Population, Agriculture/Food, and Water.
• Green Pharmacy Campaign:
  Helping Communities Safely Dispose of Unused Medicines
  by Dr. Joel Kreisberg, CleanMed 2008

Research & Regulations

• Associated Press
  Tons of Released Drugs Taint US Water (4-20-09)
  Pharmaceuticals Found in Fish Across U.S. (3-25-09)
  46 Million in U.S. Have Drugs in Drinking Water (9-11-08)
  Probe Finds Drugs in Drinking Water (3-10-08)
• California Senate Bill 966
  SB 966 - Reducing Pharmaceuticals in Waste Stream
• California Product Stewardship Council
  AB 283 - California Product Stewardship Act
• Case Study on Reducing Pharmaceutical Sample Waste
  Minnesota Technical Assistance Program Intern Develops Customized Voucher Sample Solution
• Cradle-to-Cradle Stewardship of Drugs for Minimizing Their Environmental Disposition While Promoting Human Health
  by Christian Daughton, PhD. MPH
  Part I: Rationale and Avenues Towards a Green Pharmacy (PDF 449K)
  Part II: Drug Disposal, Waste Reduction, and Future Direction (PDF 149K)
• EPA Website
  Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products (PPCPs) as Environmental Pollutants
• Federal Guidelines for Drug Disposal
  FDA and White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP)
• Northwest Product Stewardship Council
  Products Pharmaceuticals
• Northeast Recycling Council
  Unwanted Medications Collections
• Product Stewardship Institute
  Pharmaceuticals Resources & Publications
• Recycling Medicine
  States Look at 'Recycling' Medicine for the Poor
• U. S. Geological Survey
  Emerging Contaminants In the Environment
  Pharmaceuticals, Hormones, and Other Organic Wastewater Contaminants in U.S. Streams, 1999-2000: A National Reconnaissance
  Published by Environment Science & Technology. March 15, 2002. (PDF 14K)
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service & American Pharmacists Association
  SMARxT Disposal Public Awareness Campaign