Drugs in the Drinking Water
Drugs in the Drinking Water
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#1Drugs in the Drinking Water
Posted: 3/10/08 at 10:47am
Your mother always made you turn over your Halloween candy so that she could sift through it to make sure there were no drugs in it. It never occurred to her that the drugs were in the drinking water.
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#2re: Drugs in the Drinking Water
Posted: 3/10/08 at 11:41am
After reading that, it wasn't even the drug part that grossed me out.
I'm never drinking water again.
touchmeinthemorning
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/3/04
#3re: Drugs in the Drinking Water
Posted: 3/10/08 at 11:53amI still say drinking tap water is the best way to build up your immune system. Every sip is like getting your shots.
#4re: Drugs in the Drinking Water
Posted: 3/10/08 at 12:05pm
" antibiotics, anti-convulsants, mood stabilizers and sex hormones "
and all this time I've been paying for that stuff-now it's free!
#5re: Drugs in the Drinking Water
Posted: 3/10/08 at 12:33pm
Sex hormones?
I like this part best: "People take pills."
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How do the drugs get into the water?
People take pills. Their bodies absorb some of the medication, but the rest 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.
Waste from animals that had been given veterinary drugs also plays a role.
#6re: Drugs in the Drinking Water
Posted: 3/10/08 at 12:40pm
Yes, PJ, that is to what I was referring.
Gross.
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#7re: Drugs in the Drinking Water
Posted: 3/10/08 at 12:57pmTap water is highly regulated and tested almost continually to make sure it exceeds USDA & FDA standards and treated with Chlorine for purity. Bottled water isn't. Drink up,
#8re: Drugs in the Drinking Water
Posted: 3/10/08 at 1:07pm
They should use this as an advertising campaign for flavored waters.
Hormone Enhanced Poland Spring!
Lexapro flavored Evian!
#9re: Drugs in the Drinking Water
Posted: 3/10/08 at 1:07pmI'd like a combo, please.
kelzama
Broadway Star Joined: 9/14/04
#10re: Drugs in the Drinking Water
Posted: 3/10/08 at 2:12pm
The solution, borrowed from the Middle Ages:
Drink beer. It's safer than water.
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