Pharmaceuticals Contaminating our Water
Did you know that there are tiny amounts of pharmaceuticals
drugs are in our drinking water this is according to the “Associated Press”. There was an investigation of 24 major cities
which tested drinking water supplies and found that there was “antibiotics,
hormones, mood stabilizers, and even contraceptives were found in the drinking
water.
I found out that these drugs are
getting into our water through a couple of different ways: some people flush
unneeded medication down the toilet; other medicine actually gets into the
water supply after people ingest their medications and it passes through their system
through urine.
I also found out that some medications remain in waste-water treatment
plants even after they clean them out.
The investigation show that the levels are very low and the water
companies assure us that the water is safe, but to me this is still concerning.
I mean how do we really know that these low level contaminates aren’t going to
be toxic to us in the long run. So if we are finding this in our drinking water
then I can only imagine water, rivers, and streams have been exposed to. So
whatever you do don’t flush old medications down the toilet or down the drain.
The FDA has tons of resources on how to dispose of medications properly.
http://www.fda.gov/forconsumers/consumerupdates/ucm101653.htm
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