FILE - In this May 13, 2008  file photo, a special bin holds throwaway medicines and bottles at North Memorial Medical Center, in Robbinsdale, Minn. The hospital labels and color codes its medicines and throwaway bins to help doctors and nurses sort leftover drugs and packaging into the right place for eventual disposal. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)AP – Federal regulators under President Barack Obama have sharply shifted course on long-standing policy toward pharmaceutical residues in the nation’s drinking water, taking a critical first step toward regulating some of the contaminants while acknowledging they could threaten human health.

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