I'm definately drinking a lot more water.

8 large flasks a day minimum.

I wish someone would or could postulate as to what the long term effects of drinking 6-8 glasses of this low-concentrate water would be.

I drink from my kitchen sink tap pretty regularly, I don't like to spend money on bottled water, but now I'm thinking it might be time to reconsider that.

While it appears that these levels could be completely harmless, I really do wish someone with a respected background could give us at least a theoretical report on what 5-10 years of frequent tainted water ingestion would be.

God, this makes me terrible nervous about our future health.

What the hell is wrong with us?

...... this some screwed up shi..I found this on AOL 4 MCKennalite & all
I wonder if bottled water is any safer, I pray so.....

researchers do not yet understand the exact risks from decades of persistent exposure to random combinations of low levels of pharmaceuticals, recent studies — which have gone virtually unnoticed by the general public — have found alarming effects on human cells and wildlife.

"We recognize it is a growing concern and we're taking it very seriously," said Benjamin H. Grumbles, assistant administrator for water at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Members of the AP National Investigative Team reviewed hundreds of scientific reports, analyzed federal drinking water databases, visited environmental study sites and treatment plants and interviewed more than 230 officials, academics and scientists. They also surveyed the nation's 50 largest cities and a dozen other major water providers, as well as smaller community water providers in all 50 states.

Here are some of the key test results obtained by the AP:

--Officials in Philadelphia said testing there discovered 56 pharmaceuticals or byproducts in treated drinking water, including medicines for pain, infection, high cholesterol, asthma, epilepsy, mental illness and heart problems. Sixty-three pharmaceuticals or byproducts were found in the city's watersheds.

--Anti-epileptic and anti-anxiety medications were detected in a portion of the treated drinking water for 18.5 million people in Southern California.

--Researchers at the U.S. Geological Survey analyzed a Passaic Valley Water Commission drinking water treatment plant, which serves 850,000 people in Northern New Jersey, and found a metabolized angina medicine and the mood-stabilizing carbamazepine in drinking water.

--A sex hormone was detected in San Francisco's drinking water.

--The drinking water for Washington, D.C., and surrounding areas tested positive for six pharmaceuticals.

--Three medications, including an antibiotic, were found in drinking water supplied to Tucson, Ariz.

The situation is undoubtedly worse than suggested by the positive test results in the major population centers documented by the AP.

The federal government doesn't require any testing and hasn't set safety limits for drugs in water. Of the 62 major water providers contacted, the drinking water for only 28 was tested. Among the 34 that haven't: Houston, Chicago, Miami, Baltimore, Phoenix, Boston and New York City's Department of Environmental Protection, which delivers water to 9 million people.

Some providers screen only for one or two pharmaceuticals, leaving open the possibility that others are present.

The AP's investigation also indicates that watersheds, the natural sources of most of the nation's water supply, also are contaminated. Tests were conducted in the watersheds of 35 of the 62 major providers surveyed by the AP, and pharmaceuticals were detected in 28.


[edit on 9-3-2008 by Manifest]

In reply to the post above, there are probably much more people on hormones than you'd think. Transsexuals and transgender individuals use them to regulate their system, since their bodies don't produce the hormones for their body type.
In any case, this seems more of a possible problem than Fluoride. I guess this means that water management needs to be stepped up to better regulate water clarity.

[sc]Quit complaining, one minute complaining prescription drugs are too expensive and now your complaining when you're getting them for free? You should think yourselves lucky you've got water, some poor sod in Africa would drink your waste and you worry about drugs in your water...I mean c'mon how the hell you smoke em when they're wet anyway.[/sc]

Bloody lazy people flushing their old meds down the Khazi...All our bad habits catching up with us.

I have a one line post....

Putting doubt into peoples mind over tap water is very easy.

"Bottled" waters are usually nothing more than tap water that has been filtered a few more times. I can not see it being much better than tap water. Also bottled waters can have more fluoride in it than your standard tap water so it is more of a case of "pick your poison".

Well,WWAJD--"What Would Alex Jones Do"
I know!
Buy a Berkey water filtration system and fight the New Wolrd Order.
And then all will be right with the world.