Re: drugs in the tap water

"BJ Honeycut" <freak@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Thu 13 Mar 2008 06:56:21p, "Marilyn"
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>> "BJ Honeycut" <freak@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> On Tue 11 Mar 2008 12:25:42p, "Ferd Berfle" <fanny@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>> "Marilyn" <return_to_sender@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>> "Ferd Berfle" <fanny@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>>> It was in the news because the stupidasst re****ters just learned
>>>>>> about it. Where did they thing the stuff they flush down the
toilets
>>>>>> went to?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Yeah, I'd actually heard about this stuff before, I think locally
>>>>> they were talking about things that don't go away when they're
>>>>> treated at the wastewater treatment plant.  It's why they tell us
>>>>> it's no longer a good idea to flush expired prescription meds down
>>>>> the toilet, that you should crush them and mix them with something
(I
>>>>> want to say kitty litter, but I can't remember that part) and then
>>>>> dispose of them in the trash.
>>>>>
>>>>> On a side note, I heard that when you're out in the wilderness and
>>>>> backpacking, you gotta be careful where you pee if you're on certain
>>>>> medications if you do it on a big rock or something and the deer are
>>>>> attracted to the salt in the urine, they'll lick it off the rock and
>>>>> at the same time ingest whatever drugs were in it.
>>>>
>>>> Maybe we need to pee on the rocks around here. The deer have just
>>>> eaten the tulips clean even with the ground. Didn't touch the
>>>> daffodils though.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> God help the dear that licks a rock where someone peed coumadin...
>>>
>>
>> That's the kind of stuff I'm talking about, really powerful things like
>> heart medicines and such.
>>
>>
>
> you meen rat poison.
>

Look, if you're going to call it rat poison, then you say "Warfarin".  But

if it's a blood thinner for people with heart conditions, then it's 
"Coumadin".