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More Than 25 Drugs Found In Half Of America’s Drinking Water
Daniel Jennings healthydebates.com You might be ingesting something poisonous each time you drink a glass of tap water — small amounts of prescription drugs. Researchers have found that half the water discharged from large sewer plants in the United States is contaminated with prescription and over-the-counter drugs, according to a new EPA study. The scariest part? The level of drugs in the water supply is much higher than previously thought, and scientists don’t how these trace amounts of drugs affect human health, The New Republic reported. Specifically, more than half the samples of wastewater from major cities tested by the EPA tested positive for at least 25 drugs. “We were surprised to find that many drugs occurring across all the wastewater plants,” EPA research biologist Mitchell Kostich told The New Republic. “We were also surprised to see so many drugs of a particular class – the high blood pressure medications — appear at those levels across the board.” The EPA study will be published in the journal Environmental Pollution. It examined samples from 50 large-size wastewater treatment plants nationwide, testing for 56 drugs. How do the drugs get in the water? Simple: through the waste of a person who has taken the drugs. Also, people sometimes dispose of drugs in the toilet. to read more click here: healthydebates.com
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