Saturday, April 24, 2010

Can someone names some common drugs that are found in our waste water?

pharamuctical only and if they have hazards on animals

Can someone names some common drugs that are found in our waste water?
acetaminophen


cocaine


and probably the most scary, antibiotics like penicillin and tetracycline
Reply:WATER DEPARTMENTS: Reports rarely released to public


BOTTLED WATER: Is it any safer?


NEW YORK CITY: Sedative traces found in water


LOS ANGELES: Water tops national taste test


RELATED: Problems in fish blamed on contamination





But the presence of so many prescription drugs 鈥?and over-the-counter medicines like acetaminophen and ibuprofen 鈥?in so much of our drinking water is heightening worries among scientists of long-term consequences to human health.


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