What an amazing story: In a country where people are increasingly more concerned about natural foods, organic foods, healthy eating and drinking, etc., we now find out we may be ingesting unwanted — and unprescribed! — small amounts of drugs in our cities’ drinking water.
How bizarre is that??
Of course, public officials are quick to assure us that the amounts of these drugs are so minuscule as to be irrelevant, not to worry, etc. That’s so reassuring coming from the Bush Administration’s EPA officials. (NOTE: Large dose of sarcasm and cynicism intended in that last sentence.)
Maybe it’s just me, but it seems to me we’d be well served to develop the technology to filter out this stuff NOW rather than later. Why on earth would anyone suggest ingesting even tiny amounts of unnecessary pain killers, anti-epileptic, anti-anxiety, and sedative drugs would NOT be harmful over decades of time is beyond me.
Oh, and the bad news is: According to reports, the water filters we use in our homes probably won’t work to filter out this stuff — and many bottled water companies either use unfiltered tap water or simply don’t filter for the stuff, either.
What are we to do? I don’t know. I would suggest learning all we can about the problem, including checking with your local water supply company/utility to find out whether it’s a problem with them.
Ah, well, what do I know? I’m just a guy who reads the papers.
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