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Keeping Drugs Out of Our Waterways: Safe Drug Disposal Program
Household drugs that are flushed down the toilet or drain, or even thrown in the trash can get into our waterways, hurting wildlife and contaminating drinking water. In addition, when people throw away needles or other “sharps” associated with medication, the products clog up wastewater systems, or sanitation workers get stuck and face serious health effects. That’s why Clean Water Action worked for many years at the county level to get local jurisdictions to pass ordinances requiring pharmaceutical manufacturers to pay for safe collection events and bins. Our success at the local level
Perchlorate in California's Drinking Water
California and Massachusetts are the only states that have set enforceable drinking water standards for perchlorate in drinking water. Both states acted because there is no federal standard for this contaminant, despite the fact that it has been found in hundreds of drinking water sources at harmful levels across the U.S. While California has shown great leadership in analyzing the dangers of perchlorate and regulating the chemical in drinking water, Clean Water Action and its allies in the environmental community have long contended that its standard of 6 parts per billion (ppb) is not