A growing body of literature is being developed to address the issues of pharmaceutical waste, pharmaceuticals as emerging contaminants, and pharmaceuticals as endocrine disruptors. Links to relevant articles will be posted to this site as we become aware of them. If you have an article you would like us to consider for posting, please contact us and provide the text and source for review.

Cradle-to-Cradle Stewardship of Drugs for Minimizing Their Environmental Disposition while Promoting Human Health, a two-part journal article by Dr. Christian Daughton.
Part I: Rationale and Avenues toward a Green Pharmacy and Part II: Drug Disposal, Waste Reduction, and Future Direction, Environmental Health Perspectives, December 2002

Managing Pharmaceutical Waste: What Pharmacists Should Know, by Charlotte A. Smith, Journal of the Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin, Nov/Dec 2002

Pharmaceuticals, Hormones, and Other Organic Wastewater Contaminants in U.S. Streams, 1999-2000: A National Reconnaissance

Web Release Date: March 15, 2002

Bad Medicine – Managing Drug Waste Liabilities, by Charlotte A. Smith, Health Facilities Management, January 2001