Hot Topic: Something in the water

So I guess when we're joking with our friends about the children today and we blame it on the water, we're actually telling the truth. If you haven't heard the Associated Press is reporting that there are drugs in our drinking water.

Here's an excerpt from their article, AP Probe Finds Drugs in Drinking Water:

"A vast array of pharmaceuticals — including antibiotics, anti-convulsants, mood stabilizers and sex hormones — have been found in the drinking water supplies of at least 41 million Americans, an Associated Press investigation shows.

To be sure, the concentrations of these pharmaceuticals are tiny, measured in quantities of parts per billion or trillion, far below the levels of a medical dose. Also, utilities insist their water is safe.

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

Click here to read the rest. Am I the only one wondering when American's will begin to hold our government accountable? Speak your minds.