Drug Takeback Proposal Aims To Keep Unwanted Medicine Off Illinois Streets, And Out Of The Water

February 17, 2020

Colleen Smith of the Illinois Environmental Council explained when those medicines are flushed down toilets and sinks, they flow into vital water sources. “Without safe, convenient and funded collection opportunities, these drugs will continue to contaminate our rivers, our streams and our drinking water,” Smith said.

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It comes as clean energy advocates are also pressing for a massive energy package to prop up renewable energy. The Illinois Environmental Council’s Jennifer Walling

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Drug Takeback Proposal Aims To Keep Unwanted Medicine Off Illinois Streets, And Out Of The Water

IEC In the Media

New Report Examines Law at Center of ComEd Bribery Scheme

Op-ed: Investing in a safer world: international conservation programs and COVID-19

Transportation Advocates Seek Guarantee Transit Won’t Shut Down In Event of Post-Election Unrest

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