tons of released drugs taint U.S. water


	tons of released drugs taint U.S. water

doodleicious

4-26-2009 3:00 PM

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doodleicious says:

there eis more to rad here- but they did say that : as part of its ongoing PharmaWater Investigation about trace concentrations of pharmaceuticals in drinking water. AP identified 22 compounds that show wup on two lists: the EPA and the FDA's . It doesn't show how much of the 271 million pounds comes from drugmakers versus other manufacturers- etc

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4-27-2009 9:23 AM

tabsey

Seen similar results for water here. Not necessarily from chemical plants though, old stuff being flushed out of the house.

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