TULSA, Okla., July 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics (OBN) is partnering with the City of Tulsa and Covanta WBH, the owner/operator of the Energy-from-Waste facility in Tulsa to safely dispose of prescription drugs collected throughout the state. Since March 1, 2011, through the Safe Trip for Scripts Program, OBN has distributed nearly one-hundred (100) permanent drug disposal metal containers in police and sheriff department lobbies for the public to safely dispose of prescription drugs in their homes and medicine cabinets. To date, the agency has collected nearly one (1) ton of old, expired medication from the disposal containers. OBN Spokesman Mark Woodward says it's critical to get these drugs out of the home.
OBN has developed a partnership agreement with Covanta Energy to safely destroy the drugs collected from the disposal containers. Through their Prescription for Safety Program (Rx4Safety), Covanta provides the safe disposal of medications collected by drug take-back programs free of charge to communities nationwide. Rx4Safety was launched in 2010 as a solution to help communities keep medications out of our nation's waterways and drinking water, as well as to help with the problem of abuse.Of course, when you are choosing any cabinet, the material and color is always an option. The choices will depend on the manufacturer and your personal choice. Many people prefer a finish that matches the rest of their bathroom; other people choose a finish that will accent other aspects of the bathroom. This is obviously a choice best made by the personal choosing a bathroom medicine cabinet.Well, I know it's typical for people to conduct "spring cleaning", but I'm going to suggest that you avail yourself of a little "fall cleaning", too. And I want you to start by going to your medicine cabinet and pitching all those multivitamins you've been taking.OBN will deliver armed escorted shipments to the Covanta Energy facility in Tulsa for the destruction of the drugs. OBN and Covanta staff will monitor every step in the shipment, drop-off and destruction of the materials.All I can say is: There are predicted to be 1.5 million new cases of cancer this year� and a third of them will prove fatal, many thanks to those multivitamins. In the seventy or so years that these high potency U.S.P.s [United States Pharmacopiea], so-called vitamins have been on the market, every major degenerative disease increased in the people taking them. This is a fact. Many people, especially women, just "fell better knowing I'm taking them," but is the placebo effect worth it, when the science shows these compounds are toxic, and cause breast density, a known precursor to breast cancer?One choice is whether there will be one, two, or three doors on the bathroom medicine cabinet. Obviously, each will have the advantage of space, but the more doors it has, it usually takes up more space. However, this is a great choice for many homeowners. Sometimes, the center piece does not open, but both of the other pieces open. I had one in my last home that was a huge center mirror with a corner medicine cabinet on each side of the enormous mirror.As is obvious, bathroom medicine cabinets offer a lot in the way of convenience and safety. In addition, you get a good amount of d�cor for the bathroom. For added security you can get a locking cabinet that will protect all of that medicine and keep it away from people that it may otherwise harm. So, feel free to find one of the better products for your bathroom needs and pick a bathroom medicine cabinet.The Covanta Energy-from-Waste facility processes all of the City of Tulsa's municipal solid waste into clean, renewable energy. At the Covanta facility, the collected medications will be combusted at high temperatures to ensure their complete destruction, unlike other methods of disposal that can contaminate water sources.Okay � I can hear you: "Scott! Those multivitamins keep me healthy! Why would I get rid of them?"These can be found at almost any home improvement store and most home d�cor stores; almost all specialty kitchen and bathroom store will have a wide variety to pick and choose from. There is always the Internet which has opened the market to things you may not have otherwise ever noticed. However, since these are fragile and heavy, I suggest taking a good look at the shipping and handling costs as well as their breakage policy. Better safe than sorry.The studies linking multivitamins and cancer are out there. However, they aren't well-marketed because of political reasons. But as the president of Super Sea Veg and someone who dropped the multivitamin habit in favor of a dietary food supplement that comes from 12 edible sea plants, I know that Super Sea Veg is the answer, and so do all my converts.
SOURCE Covanta Energy
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