Naked Science Forum
Life Sciences => The Environment => Topic started by: GreenShawn on 02/12/2008 09:08:02
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Whose Medicine Am I Taking?
Hi i found some really cool article about wha drugs and how they they are production is
affecting our environment
Millions of steroids, anti-depressants, antibiotics, sex hormones, drugs for cancer and heart
disease and other drugs Americans swallow every day end up in our sewage, reappear in our
drinking water and are consumed again …not, of course, by those for whom they were
intended.
More recently, an investigative team from the Associated Press (AP) surveyed the water
source for 50 major cities in the U.S. as well as the water source for 52 smaller
communities. The study found up to 56 drug chemicals in the drinking water in some areas
and the widespread presence of pharmaceuticals in the drinking water of more than 41
million Americans.
You can read more from this link check it out and let's discuss it
http://findgreenstuff.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1783:whose
-medicine-am-i-taking&catid=13:planet-helper&Itemid=49
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Do they get washed up on the peptide?
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What do you want to discuss?
Just don't take unnecessary drugs/medicine and don't ever flush them down the toilet! [xx(]
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dont take any medicine if not necessary
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Ummm, no... this is a real problem. Some medications simply pass through the body, the dosage needs to be so high to have enough of it ending up in the bloodstream of the patient. The rest ends up in the poo. Others are filtrated out of the blood by the kidney, thus ending up in the urin.
It's very difficult - read expensive - to get the stuff out of the sewage.
Monika