Pharmaceutical Waste in Wisconsin’s Water: Risks and Solutions

March 13, 2014

Speakers and presentations:

• Recent findings of pharmaceutical contamination in Lake Michigan. Rebecca D. Klaper, Associate Professor, School of Freshwater Sciences, University of
  Wisconsin–Milwaukee
• Potential human health implications of prolonged, low-level exposure to
  pharmaceutical contamination. Henry Anderson, MD, Chief Medical Officer and State Environmental and Occupational Disease Epidemiologist
• Challenges for municipal water systems posed by pharmaceuticals. Kevin Shafer, Executive Director, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District
• Protecting Wisconsin’s waterways from pharmaceutical waste. Barb Bickford, Medical Waste Coordinator, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources