Valmeyer NewsLocal news for Valmeyer, IL continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.IEPA offers safe disposal of medicine in Valmeyer June 7- March 15, 2008 --After a study found trace amounts of pharmaceuticals in the drinking water supply of 24 major metropolitan areas nationwide, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency is offering a safe way to dispose of hazardous household waste.The EPA advises people not to flush pharmaceuticals down the toilet or pour them down the drain because wastewater treatment plants and septic systems do not treat such waste and the drugs can end up in drinking water.A disposal site will be set-up on June 7 in...http://www.topix.net/city/valmeyer-il/2008/03/iepa-offers-safe-disposal-of-medicine-in-val... |