What do I do with expired medicine? Don’t use it, for a start…

By Renier Coetzee, Associate Professor, University of the Western Cape

When last did a headache have you reaching into your medicine cabinet – and finding a bottle of aspirin that expired three years ago? Did you take it anyway? And, if you decided instead to get rid of those out-of-date painkillers, how did you do it? If you chose to throw it in the garbage or flush it down the toilet, you’re far from alone: a 2020 research review found that “disposal of pharmaceuticals by garbage and sewer is still the most common method in many countries with the absence of the proper disposal of…

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~	Trump’s claim that US debt calculation may be fraudulent could put the economy in danger

~	The UK farmer protests you probably haven’t heard about

~	Mexico’s drug corruption has more to do with US demand than crooked politicians

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