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Study finds pharmaceutical drugs in tap water

The drugs get into the water through human waste. When people take medicine only some of it is absorbed by their bodies. The rest passes through and is flushed down the toilet. It is treated at least twice before it reaches consumers, but most treatments do not remove all drug residue.


Resistant to treatment

Some drugs, including widely used cholesterol fighters, tranquilizers and anti-epileptic medications, resist modern drinking water and wastewater treatment processes. Plus, the Environmental Protection Agency says there are no sewage treatment systems specifically engineered to remove pharmaceuticals


http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/031008dnnatpharmawater.3c17d2f.html
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Jim...not referr9ing to you...it was desrt 'storm"...LOL

Your pig fat, frying pans full  of bacon is what scares me..ti be honest...id rather dring Avian water than unfilerted tap water...BUT...its way cheaper and cleaner in the long run to filter your own...im a ditilled water man my self...dont worry about my missing minerals...get them from my foods
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Rock: HAVING alchol while on tx is not very smart..sorry
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I assume you were referring to someone else's post? The reference in my post was to bottled water such as Evian, etc, which usually comes in a plastic bottle. And yes, drinking alcohol on tx is not very smart.
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I dont eat fish...full of mercury..and i dont eat fast foods ....and i dont need to relax...if i did..i would ate the fish from the big cities with the prozac in them...LOL
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HAVING alchol while on tx is not very smart..sorry
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I prefer getting my water from the world's most remote and pristine Aquafirs. No drugs, just pure water with a splash of plastic residue :)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4XhhTF7vRM&feature=related

More old news. It's been known for years that you can find Prozac in fish downstream of big cities where people flush their SSRIs down the toplet. Try not to torture yourself about that glass of wine. Go to MickeyD's, get yourself a nice Fillet O' Fish, and try to relax.
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The Environmental Working Group (EWG) reported that it had tested 29 Midwestern cities and towns and found that all had herbicides present in the drinking water. In one Illinois city, they found that the level of the weed killer cyanazine in the public water supply was 34 times above the federal standards. The EWG estimated that 20 to 25 million Americans are now drinking water polluted with herbicides. Research in laboratories has shown a higher incidence of cancer and birth defects in animals fed with food containing herbicides


http://www.all-natural.com/water.html
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Almost makes a glass of wine look safer..
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Even the chemicals commonly used to treat municipal water supplies such as chlorine and fluoride are toxic
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is proven that even low-level exposure to many common contaminants will, over time, cause severe illness including LIVER DAMAGE



http://www.reverse-osmosis-water-filter-guide.com/dangers-of-tap-water.html



have a drink on me....AC/DC
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The person who says its ok to drink tap water straight frow the tap needs thier head examined
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