Keep medications out of waterways America distracted as nation weakened
To the Editor:
Regarding the article “Upper Dublin police, diant markets participate in drug take-back day” article in the Sept. 27 issue of The Ambler dazette, readers should understand that besides “prescription drug abuse and the dangers that exist in medicine cabinets” that was mentioned at the end of the article as the purpose for turning in drugs, take-back days make sure WhDW GUuJV DUH nRW fluVhHG down toilets.
Municipal wastewater treatment plants do not have the responsibility nor WhH cDSDcLWy WR fiOWHU hRUmones, sedatives, antibiot- ics, pain medications and any other prescriptions out of the water they treat. Any GUuJV WhDW hDvH EHHn fluVhHG down a toilet are discharged UHODWLvHOy unfiOWHUHG LnWR drinking water sources and waterways where the medicinal compounds cause weird changes in aquatic life.
If you don’t go to a takeback location the next time WhDW RnH LV SuEOLcL]HG, MuVW destroy the pillsLcapsulesL medicines and toss them unwhole and no longer in the original container into the trash. In Ambler, the trash will be incinerated. Susan Curry
Ambler
To the Editor:
America has been downsized Eweakened) in the last four years by a combination of those who think the country is too powerful and Eironically) by those who want power, mainly from academia and union politics. Idealists, pragmatic city politicians, led by a charismatic individual with more than presidential intentions, have united and succeeded in what, to some, amounts to a revolution without the assassinations.
How has this “take over” been accomplished in a coun- try that has freedom of expression and a free press? Could it be that the celebrity culture, along with media help, are hiding the issues by emphasizing less important ones? More than two-thirds of the country is not in favor of the Affordable Care Act, the nation was attacked on Sept. 11 ELibya-Egypt) with the ambassador brutally beaten and the response from D.C. is “bumps in the road,” high unemployment and enormous debt exist, Iraq has been given to Iran and the current occupant in the White House is leading in some polls? “Dancing with the Stars,” “Monday 1LJhW )RRWEDOO” DnyRnH? Henry Coxe
Ambler