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Drugs In Our Drinking Water
MikeURL alerts to a AP story just published after a months-long investigation on the vast array of pharmaceuticals present in US drinking water. These include antibiotics, anti-convulsants, mood stabilizers, and sex hormones, as well as over-the-counter drugs. Quoting: "To be sure, the concentrations of these pharmaceuticals are tiny, measured in quantities of parts per billion or trillion, far below the levels of a medical dose. Also, utilities insist their water is safe. But the presence of so many prescription drugs — and over-the-counter medicines like acetaminophen and ibuprofen — in so much of our drinking water is heightening worries among scientists of long-term consequences to human health."
Hello everyone. This is a simple solution for "fixing" this problem - Move upstream!
I have 3000 acres of pure wilderness located at the head of a major river. If you are interested I am selling it off at 1 dollar per square foot.
Have a nice drug-free life there!
Grump
Is it true that more people vote for the winner of American Idol, than vote for the president? -Ali G.
He does not make her wet enough?