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Tap Water...Shocking!!



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03/10/2008 05:36
teribelle13
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Large array of pharmaceuticals found in our water, please read article.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080310/ap_on_re_us/ pharmawater_i

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03/10/2008 05:47
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I'm not too surprised...for years we have been told to dispense of meds by flushing them. This is NOT the right way to dispose of them! Some communities have places where you can take old or unused meds and they will dispose of them. Otherwise, my sister who works in the pharmacy says to crush the pills and put them in used coffee grounds to be thrown away.

Some communities also have a med drop off site, but from what I have learned, it is specific to community.

Personally, for me, it's one more reason to drink bottled water.

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03/10/2008 06:03
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It's not just the disposal of drugs, it's what is not metabolized in our system, then urinated and the water treatment plants cannot remove. Bottled water is not safe from this either.

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03/11/2008 06:04
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Teribelle, do you know if spring water in particular is safe from this? God knows I don't want to put any more chemicals into my body.
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03/11/2008 07:05
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I have done some research after hearing about this.

I have found that 'spring water' as it may be listed in the bottle, is not necessarily actual spring water. It can come from municipal water sources (tap) and then is purified, reverse osmoses and little more. This will not remove pharmaceuticals.

Home water purifiers will not remove and worst yet, chlorine is found to up the toxicity of it all.

I have decided I will be buying Artesian water, and gritting my teeth as I do it, $$$ I guess it's Figi water for us, just what you want to hear in a recession, that your spending the same for water as you are for gas!!!!

But this scares me to death. Last night I made homemade soup and used bottled water to stew the meat in!

May I suggest cold showers as not to intake as much through the skin as well.....we are screwed.

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