Tinfoil hat
I've often wondered about this,
What are the effects on developing fetuses of trace amounts of birth control pills, testosterone treatments, or the multiple widely prescribed brain chemistry changers?
We don't know.... but we'll find out.
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....How do the drugs get into the water?
People take pills. Their bodies absorb some of the medication, but the rest of it passes through and is flushed down the toilet.
What are the effects on developing fetuses of trace amounts of birth control pills, testosterone treatments, or the multiple widely prescribed brain chemistry changers?
We don't know.... but we'll find out.
posted by mikevotes at
3:18 PM
7 Comments:
Yeah, this is just weird. Remind me to get my water tested.
(Another reason why I'm glad I have a deep, drilled well for my water. I still need to have it tested periodically, but mmm, mmm. Nice cold, untainted well water... for now.)
This says two things, I think. First we are an over medicated, over prescribed culture. And secondly, what the hell's going on with our water and waste-water management systems. Truly, this would be a great premise for a sci-fi thriller. :)
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-epm, at 8:09 AM
They don't test for prozac.
And the wastewater systems aren't designed to remove these chemicals.
Just hope for the best and hug your flipper kids.
(PS, it's also beginning to appear in the groundwater samples.)
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mikevotes, at 9:01 AM
A lot of us have been wondering about these issues for a long time. In fact, the 'tinfoil hat' crowd is 99% certain that these findings are deliberate.
Fluoride, for instance, has been touted for many decades as indispensable in the fight against tooth decay when, in reality, fluoride is simply a leftover in the refining of aluminum and other metals that will discolor and weaken teeth and bones. Yet, this stuff is put into the water supply, and dental professionals who should know better support it.
If this general notion is taken a bit further in a 'conspiracy' direction, it's a short step to placing other chemicals into the water supply on purpose.
Factor in the contaminants that show up in analyses of fallout from airplane 'chemtrails', and the tinfoil hat crowd has a lot to talk about.
Next up, after chemical contamination of air, land and water? Nano-creations. Look up 'morgellons' next chance you get.
I'm just sayin'.
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r8r, at 1:58 PM
The one thing I would say is that, like with the lowering sperm counts, they still haven't nailed it down to a single cause. It could be birth control washout that's causing this, but, it could also be something else.
For instance, in the sexually malformed frogs, I think pesticides (or fertilizers) are the main culprit and that's in our water in trace amounts too.
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mikevotes, at 2:14 PM
Yikes. Where is it that what gets flushed down the toilet ends up in the drinking water? Pretty sure it's not that way here in Northern California.
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Anonymous, at 3:27 PM
It's everywhere. If you're in San Francisco, it's definitely there. I've seen the sewers and water treatment plants on Dirty Jobs.
I know So. California does a ton of wastewater treatment because of the water shortages.
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mikevotes, at 4:08 PM
"Chemists who tested drinking water from 20 utilities nationwide said they did not detect any contaminants at all at San Francisco's tap, despite news reports to the contrary.
"We didn't detect anything whatsoever," said Shane Snyder, research manager at the Southern Nevada Water Authority who helped coordinate a study by the research arm of the nation's water utilities."
This according to the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission.
Supposedly San Francisco, and the SF Bay Area in general, get tap water from sources (like Hetch Hetchy Reservoir, or the lakes in Marin County, where I live) that do not receive wastewater discharges.
But, and this is obvious now that I think about it, in much of the rest of the country they have no choice but to get water from rivers and aquifers where wastewater has been dumped. Though at least the water is not going direct from sewers to taps... it's going from sewers to rivers to taps.
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Anonymous, at 5:03 PM
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