Here is an article about how major city water sources tested positive for pharmaceutical products. So that means we are drinking all sorts of drugs, since we drink tap water here in our home. It's sad that all the stuff we are need for basic survival is getting contaminated... air, water, soil, etc. It appears that most city officials think that the public doesn't need to know if their water is contaminated. They are saying that it is because of possible terrorist threats, but I don't think that is just a lame excuse for not taking responsibility.
"Tainted drinking water kept under wraps
Many researchers fear public would misunderstand, overreact to disclosure.
When water providers find pharmaceuticals in drinking water, they rarely tell the public. When researchers make the same discoveries, they usually don’t identify the cities involved.
There are plenty of reasons offered for the secrecy: concerns about national security, fears of panic, a feeling that the public will not understand — even confidentiality agreements.
“That’s a really sensitive subject,” said Elaine Archibald, executive director of California Urban Water Agencies, an 11-member organization comprised of the largest water providers in California.
She said many customers “don’t know how to interpret the information. They hear something has been detected in source water and drinking water, and that’s cause for alarm — just because it’s there.”
As The Associated Press documented in a five-month investigation, drinking water provided to at least 41 million people living in 24 major metropolitan areas has tested positive for trace amounts of pharmaceuticals."
Check out this link for the full story: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23504373
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That is so crazy. Isn't that dangerous? How could they not tell people their water is contaminated? That seriously makes me angry. So why would they be int here? Where are they coming from?
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