Drugs in drinking water?!

A recent Associated Press investigation shows 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!

Read more here.
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Interesting points:
- waste water, once treated, is dumped to our rivers, reservoirs and such
- tap water is "treated water" acquired from water taken from the same rivers and reservoirs
- EPA says there are no sewage treatment systems specifically engineered to remove pharmaceuticals!
- households with well water is not safe either!
- documented wildlife health problems around the globe! - imagine what it's doing to us!
- little money is being spent on human health consequences!

The article talks mainly about drinking water, but how about when we take a shower? Our body's largest organ is our skin! When we shower, our body absorbs the properties in the water! Example: our body receives a major amount of magnesium and zinc via showers or baths!

Makes me wish I had a whole house Reverse Osmosis (R.O.) system!

Think of all the people that do not know much about or can not afford a water filtration system!

Friends, it's sad to see the Earth and it's inhabitants are not being looked after in this system of things.