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REBEKAH A. HALL Erin Spinka

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Washington, D.C., has introduced new methods for at-home sharps users to safely dispose of needles. Developed with the Coalition for Safe Community Needle Disposal, the agency now recommends disposal options such as: drop box or supervised collection sites, mail-back programs, syringe exchange programs (www.nasen.org), and at-home needle destruction devices.

For more information, visit www.epa.gov/epaoswer/other/medical/sharps.htm or safeneedledisposal.org.