Locate 4 of the following 5 prescription or over-the-counter medications in your home: aspirin/acetaminophen
cold medication
stomach medication
vitamin and mineral supplements
prescriptions

Find the expiration date on each of the 4 selected products.

Teach someone else in your home how to recognize the expiration date.

Ask for permission to review all of your family's cold medications for expired dates.

With your parent's permission, safely dispose of the outdated medications, but follow instructions.

In the box below, list how many, and which medications, were expired, and how you disposed of them.

They break down fat

explanation:

two years ago, when picking flowers in the mountains back of yosemite valley, i found a book. it was blotted and storm-beaten; all of its outer pages were mealy and crumbly. the paper seemed to dissolve like the snow beneath which it had been buried, however; many of the inner pages were well preserved. and although all were more or less stained and torn, whole chapters were easily readable. this is the condition of the great open book of yosemite glaciers today; its granite pages have been torn and blurred by the same storms that wasted the castaway book.two years ago, when picking flowers in the mountains back of yosemite valley; i found a book. it was blotted and storm-beaten, all of its outer pages were mealy and crumbly. the paper seemed to dissolve like the snow beneath which it had been buried, however, many of the inner pages were well preserved. and although all were more or less stained and torn; whole chapters were easily readable. this is the condition of the great open book of yosemite glaciers today, its granite pages have been torn and blurred by the same storms that wasted the castaway book.