I am, See? who knows what the buzz will be though!
Hmmm. Maybe I can cut the dose on some of my meds?? JK :)
lol xen, that was cute.
The only way you can purify water is through reverse osmosis, they are saying filters do not even work.
We have that in our home kitchen sink, the movie Erin Brokavitch is based on something that happened down the road of us!
Fresno, not tested, that is where all the veggies and fruits are grown!
Deb
TAP WATER TESTING
Here's the list of metropolitan areas, with the number of pharmaceuticals detected and some examples of specific drugs that were found, or where tests were negative, not conducted or awaiting results:
Albuquerque, N.M.: tests negative
Arlington, Texas: 1 (unspecified pharmaceutical)
Atlanta: 3 (acetaminophen, caffeine and cotinine)
Austin, Texas: tests negative
Baltimore: no testing
Birmingham, Ala.: no testing
Boston: no testing
Charlotte, N.C.: no testing
Chicago: no testing
Cincinnati: 1 (caffeine)
Cleveland: no testing
Colorado Springs, Colo.: no testing
Columbus, Ohio: 5 (azithromycin, roxithromycin, tylosin, virginiamycin and caffeine)
Concord, Calif.: 2 (meprobamate and sulfamethoxazole)
Dallas: results pending
Denver: (unspecified antibiotics)
Detroit: (unspecified drugs)
El Paso, Texas: no testing
Fairfax, Va.: no testing
Fort Worth, Texas: no testing
Fresno, Calif.: no testing
Honolulu: no testing
Houston: no testing
Indianapolis: 1 (caffeine)
Jacksonville, Fla.: no testing
Kansas City, Mo.: no testing
Las Vegas: 3 (carbamazepine, meprobamate and phenytoin)
Long Beach, Calif.: 2 (meprobamate and phenytoin)
Los Angeles: 2 (meprobamate and phenytoin)
Louisville, Ky.: 3 (caffeine, carbamazepine and phenytoin)
Memphis, Tenn.: no testing
Mesa, Ariz.: no testing
Miami: no testing
Milwaukee: 1 (cotinine)
Minneapolis: 1 (caffeine)
Nashville, Tenn.: no testing
New Orleans: 3 (clofibric acid, estrone and naproxen)
New York City: no testing
Northern New Jersey: 7 (caffeine, carbamazepine, codeine, cotinine, dehydronifedipine, diphenhydramine and sulfathiazole)
Oakland, Calif.: no testing
Oklahoma City: no testing
Omaha, Neb.: no testing
Orlando, Fla.: no testing
Philadelphia: 56 (including amoxicillin, azithromycin, carbamazepine, diclofenac, prednisone and tetracycline)
Phoenix: no testing
Portland, Ore.: 4 (acetaminophen, caffeine, ibuprofen and sulfamethoxazole)
Prince George's and Montgomery counties, Md.: no testing
Riverside County, Calif.: 2 (meprobamate and phenytoin)
Sacramento, Calif.: no testing
San Antonio: no testing
San Diego: 3 (ibuprofen, meprobamate and phenytoin)
San Francisco: 1 (estradiol)
San Jose, Calif.: no testing
Santa Clara, Calif.: no testing
Seattle: no testing
Southern California: 2 (meprobamate and phenytoin)
Suffolk County, N.Y.: no testing
Tucson, Ariz.: 3 (carbamazepine, dehydronifedipine and sulfamethoxazole)
Tulsa, Okla.: no testing
Virginia Beach, Va.: tests negative
Washington, D.C.: 6 (carbamazepine, caffeine, ibuprofen, monensin, naproxen and sulfamethoxazole)
Wichita, Kan.: no testing.
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I was told a long time ago that bottled water is not regulated like tap water and that it is safer to drink tap water. (yuh right) BUT...
I was also told that if you were to drink bottled water NOT to drink
spring water as it is only filtered one time. Purified or Drinking water is filtered twice. So I always buy Purified water. (A Zepherhills delivery man told me this in our local grocery store)
Truthfully, I don't know who or what to believe anymore.
I think I'd rather have a little prozac in my water :-))
Just read the article...YIKES!
It reminded me...immediately after my dad died in '96...hospice came and told me to gather up ALL medications, morphine and such...and in her presence...flush 'em all down the toilet....so without thinking...I have contributed to this.
My guess is this was standard procedure for hospice on Long Island...oy vey.
Man...i did not want to read that a portion of toilet water is recycled back to drinking water....*GAG*
So when do we say enough, is enough? This is awful! When do we start being responsibile for our world and the people who live in it?
Deb
I saw this two nights in a row on the news. What a mindblower that was..to see what was n the water. Nothing is shocking anymore...but what was in the water was prettty bizarre .
Horrible.
Charm27
I was reading all that today, blows your mind! See Trish (or was it Jd??) I told you not to ever drink tap water, lol!
(and not just 'bottled'....purified/distilled!)
LL
The water in this municipality is horrible tasting and smells to me like pesticide. I use a water filter attached to the faucet.....neither my cats of dog drink unfiltered water. Last night...used up my last filter....AHHHHH! It's an Emergency!!! Gotta go to Store...dehydrating as I type..............
ps Have yet to read article...doesn't sound good.
From a biblical standpoint...this is par for the course.....and the bottom line is "SIN". Though many of us hate to hear that word.........I believe it.
yeah.. and for those maybe not reading through entire article.. there's no safety against pharmeuceticals in bottle water.... hmmmm...
"What is the worst is that not even users of bottled water and home filtration systems do necessarily avoid the exposure. And that happens because, according to the industry’s main trade group, bottlers do not typically treat or test for pharmaceuticals. The same goes for the makers of home filtration systems."
"...Researchers also discovered that adding chlorine, a common process in conventional drinking water treatment plants, make some pharmaceuticals more toxic."
I agree with both of you.
What has happened to our wonderful country?--
and the world in general? It's really sad.
We only look towards tomorrow instead of the future.
The solutuions to todays problems are like
putting a bandaid on a severed finger...
enigma
Civilizations come and go, usually after using up their resources.
In my opinion we are in the midst of the decline of the empire.
Turn the page.
there are going to be lots of numbed out fish...oh, what mankind has wrought on this poor earth! ....:)