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[ filed under: health ] After a sweltering day outside a cool glass of water is the closest thing to complete utter ecstasy. But now, that next cup of tap water may be a little less ecstasy and a little more antibiotics, mood stabilizers, and sex hormones. Crispy, clear, drugged up refreshing taste. Refill anyone? According to the Associated Press bits of over the counter medicines have made their way into the drinking water supplies all over the country. When I first started reading the story I assumed someone made a boo-boo and dumped a truckload of drugs into the filtering system. But turns out Americans are so doped up on prescription drugs. After the drugs finish their run through the body and get flushed down the toilet, the drugs aren’t completely filtered out before the water gets redirected back into the supply of drinking water. I wonder if this could explain why people do really weird things. It could be a whole new get out jail free card. “Sorry babe, I didn’t mean to sleep with your room mate –I had a sex hormone in my water bottle.” This might not even be a bad thing. It would cut out the process of putting down hundreds of dollars a year for prescription drugs. We cold totally use this to our advantage. Instead of soda foundations we could set up stores all over the country to serve drug tainted water on regular basis. “Hmmm, sir, can I get a cup of anti-anxiety and half mood stabilizer – oh, and just a little bit of antibiotic. No ice.” Yum. American Water: Cool, crisp, refreshing narcotics. comments |
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where i live Traces of the antidepressant Prozac can be found in the nation’s drinking water, it has been revealed. after ingestion, drug residues can end up passing from our bodies into the sewage system via our urine. Sometimes individuals will “cut out the middle man” by simply flushing medication down the toilet.
Roughly 100 pharmaceuticals have now been identified in rivers, lakes, and coastal waters throughout Europe and the United States in concentrations of parts per billion to parts per trillion. The first major European studies on this topic—in journals such as volume 67, issue 1-4 (1997) of the International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry and the November 1998 issue of Water Research—examined German ground and surfaces waters, and found occurrences of drugs including cholesterol regulators, analgesics, and antiseizure medications. Since that time, numerous other studies have documented the presence of pharmaceuticals, including potential endocrine disruptors, in other locales as well.
Great post
By how to reduce water usage · Posted on Jul 23, 04:52 PMcheers!
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