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Management of Pharmaceutical Household Waste

Management of Pharmaceutical Household Waste: Limiting Environmental Impacts of Unused or Expired MedicinePharmaceutical household waste from expired or unused medicine does not only offer zero therapeutic benefit, but also contributes to environmental pollution when disposed of via improper routes. Medicines discarded in sinks and flushed down toilets enter sewage waters and, if not filtered out, leak into aquatic systems. Disposal of unused or expired medicines via solid household waste can also result in pharmaceutical residues entering the environment if this
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