AP Probe Finds Drugs in Drinking Water

March 9th, 2008 By JEFF DONN, MARTHA MENDOZA and JUSTIN PRITCHARD, Associated Press Writers AP Probe Finds Drugs in Drinking Water (AP)

Duane Moser, an assistant research professor with Desert Research Institute, collects water samples from the Las Vegas Wash in Henderson, Nev., Thursday, Oct. 18, 2007. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

(AP) A vast array of pharmaceuticals -- including antibiotics, anti-convulsants, mood stabilizers and sex hormones - have been found in the drinking water supplies of at least 41 million Americans, an Associated Press investigation shows.



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  • Doug_Huffman - Mar 09, 2008
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    "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."

    Just goes to show how much more powerful and safer HOMEOPATHIC crap is and at much higher dilutions. Still SLimbaugh's sheeple stampede to their 'so side effects' drug counter. "Things that have no side effects generally have no effects at all."

    The conspiracy of ignorance masquerades as common sense.
  • Argiod - Mar 10, 2008
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    What bothers me the most is the persecution of people who do recreational drugs while we ignore the prescription drugs that we are taking without our knowledge.

    It's not OK to do a drug for pleasure, but it's fine for society at large to dose us with unknown substances that could injure or kill us.

    Ironic, or just plain pathetic?

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