tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600625185895482756Tue, 10 Sep 2024 16:22:16 +0000http://whatsinourwater.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Blogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600625185895482756.post-8283578839931248390Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:45:00 +00002009-10-29T19:45:44.435-05:00What exactly is going on? Americans have been told for decades to flush unused prescription drugs down the toilet without giving a second thought to it. Well, no more... The amount and variety of drugs used by Americans has skyrocketed. Only recently have the effects on health and the environment even begun to be realized through research, surveys, and independent analysis. Federal law only http://whatsinourwater.blogspot.com/2009/10/prescription-drugs-found-in-tap-water.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600625185895482756.post-8766918218091105720Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:41:00 +00002009-10-29T19:41:20.867-05:00So you thought that bottled water or a home filtration system would ensure that your family gets only the purest?Consumers of Aquafina, Dasani, and other brands, please take note. These companies are not required and do not routinely test for the presence of pharmaceuticals in their product! The reality is that many bottlers of "naturally pure" water simply repackage tap water from public http://whatsinourwater.blogspot.com/2009/10/cnn-most-bottled-water-is-tap.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600625185895482756.post-1094930979210627917Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:39:00 +00002009-10-29T19:39:32.740-05:00 In the US, we are fortunate to have some of the best drinking water in the world.  However, a five month probe by the Associated Press found trace amounts of a number of drugs in the water supplies of 24 major metropolitan areas encompassing approximately 41 million Americans.  How does your water rate where you live? See the results of the AP investigation at the bottom of the http://whatsinourwater.blogspot.com/2009/10/cnn-drugs-on-tap-water.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600625185895482756.post-2433871842377329434Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:04:00 +00002009-10-29T19:04:26.996-05:00Throughout America and across the world, pharmaceuticals in the water supply are wreaking havoc on wildlife. While the impact on humans is still uncertain, research shows that the presence of endocrine disrupters are causing hormonal chaos in several species of fish, as well as sentinel species that are at the foundation of the chain of life. Worldwide, the development of female egg proteins inhttp://whatsinourwater.blogspot.com/2009/10/drugs-in-our-water-turn-male-fish-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600625185895482756.post-5257311114252494072Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:55:00 +00002009-10-29T16:55:09.680-05:00An Associated Press independent investigation found something unsettling in schools all throughout the US.   In addition to the emerging problem of  pharmaceutical pollutants, water tainted by lead, heavy metals, and various other toxins has been found at schools in all 50 states.  The same contaminants are in homes, businesses, and offices, but the children are http://whatsinourwater.blogspot.com/2009/10/schools-water-is-filled-with-toxins-all_26.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600625185895482756.post-6687720240161571466Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:01:00 +00002009-10-29T16:35:54.472-05:00    This is a very interesting and disturbing article that brings to mind the badly polluted conditions that people must live in  elsewhere in the world.  India is one of the world's largest exporters of pharmaceutical drugs, and the US is their biggest customer.   Wastewater downstream from a plant where 90 Indian drug factories dump their residues http://whatsinourwater.blogspot.com/2009/10/world-highest-drug-levels-entering.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)2