The illegal dump site contains confidential information about manypeople who thought that information was safe. Henry Manning andChris Williams discovered thousands of prescriptionpill bottles and medical documents from Wilson area drug stores in amakeshift dump. Manning said he didn't want to touch the debris for fearof what might be in it.
Most of the waste appears to have been disposed of over the past fewmonths. In addition to the waste itself, there is a great deal ofinformation on the labels. Anyone could look through the debris and findout who is taking what kind of medication, who their doctors are, and eventheir home telephone numbers. Medicap Pharmacist Michael Warren says hesuspects the people who have been stealing the garbage from his store areprobably also responsible for the dump site.
Some pharmacies have begun locking their trash cans to keep thievesout. Warren speculates that the thieves are hoping to find drugs in thetrash.
Warren says his pharmacy shreds all personal medical information, butone look at the dump site shows not all drug stores are doing that.
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