Prescription drugs found in drinking water across U.S.
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.
Parts per trillion?! And they’re reporting it as finding prescription drugs in the water?! I saw this on the news last night and wanted to choke the reporter for trying to make a story out of nothing.
I’d be willing to bet that what the study found was some sort of natural occurrence, yet they report it like Pfizer’s dumping viagara into our water supplies.
wow… I was wondering why I had a boner for the past 3 days…
People take pills. Their bodies absorb some of the medication, but the rest of it passes through and is flushed down the toilet. The wastewater is treated before it is discharged into reservoirs, rivers or lakes. Then, some of the water is cleansed again at drinking water treatment plants and piped to consumers. But most treatments do not remove all drug residue.
If thats the true process then that kind of scares me. It just seems like the pills and what not are finding their way into the healthy supply being sent to the people.
Also, what about throwing nerve damaging chemicals down toilets. Slowly destroying nervous systems and killing people 10 years later due to consistent exposure. Of course, I think if I had Sarin it would be an awfully waste to do this. But cheaper chemicals could cause some problems.
Even though CNN is making this into “news”, this isn’t a new concern / problem / fact.
I know of one local pharm company that will destroy some substances by rinsing it down a floor drain. Yes, its a method approved by whatever governing body, because apparently its fairly inert and super dilluted (beyond the point of possibly doing damage).
Friday evening I disposed of ~a qt each of CLR, por 15, PB blast, WD40 & naval jelly into your tap water, Fry. :fyi:
