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Medications found in drinking water, study shows
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Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
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March 10, 2008
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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.
In the course of a ...
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