Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Prescription drugs showing up in drinking water along East Coast of USA



(NaturalNews) While their amounts might seem miniscule, the effects of drugs, chemicals and other undesirable elements that you drink every day when you grab a glass of tap water can take their toll over time.

That's according to several experts who have addressed the issue of pollutants in our ground water for decades. One of the latest to do so was Dr. Jim Erban, director of the Tufts Cancer Center. According to a recent story in WickedLocal, a Cape Cod-area newspaper:

Tired of hearing about wastewater, runoff, fertilizers and nutrient pollution of the ground water? Well, there are nearly undetectable and untreated chemicals in the groundwater to worry about as well: drugs used and unused, pesticides, fire retardants, artificial hormones, caffeine, insect repellants, antibiotics, and more - it'll all show up again when we turn on the faucet or take a swim.

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