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Hundreds of Millions of Pounds of Pharmaceuticals LEGALLY Released Into Waterways That Provide Drinking Water
April 20th, 2009
Via: AP:
U.S. manufacturers, including major drugmakers, have legally released at least 271 million pounds of pharmaceuticals into waterways that often provide drinking water — contamination the federal government has consistently overlooked, according to an Associated Press investigation.
Hundreds of active pharmaceutical ingredients are used in a variety of manufacturing, including drugmaking: For example, lithium is used to make ceramics and treat bipolar disorder; nitroglycerin is a heart drug and also used in explosives; copper shows up in everything from pipes to contraceptives.
Federal and industry officials say they don’t know the extent to which pharmaceuticals are released by U.S. manufacturers because no one tracks them — as drugs. But a close analysis of 20 years of federal records found that, in fact, the government unintentionally keeps data on a few, allowing a glimpse of the pharmaceuticals coming from factories.
As part of its ongoing PharmaWater investigation about trace concentrations of pharmaceuticals in drinking water, AP identified 22 compounds that show up on two lists: the EPA monitors them as industrial chemicals that are released into rivers, lakes and other bodies of water under federal pollution laws, while the Food and Drug Administration classifies them as active pharmaceutical ingredients.
The data don’t show precisely how much of the 271 million pounds comes from drugmakers versus other manufacturers; also, the figure is a massive undercount because of the limited federal government tracking.
To date, drugmakers have dismissed the suggestion that their manufacturing contributes significantly to what’s being found in water. Federal drug and water regulators agree.
But some researchers say the lack of required testing amounts to a ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy about whether drugmakers are contributing to water pollution.
“It doesn’t pass the straight-face test to say pharmaceutical manufacturers are not emitting any of the compounds they’re creating,” said Kyla Bennett, who spent 10 years as an EPA enforcement officer before becoming an ecologist and environmental attorney.
Pilot studies in the U.S. and abroad are now confirming those doubts.
Last year, the AP reported that trace amounts of a wide range of pharmaceuticals — including antibiotics, anti-convulsants, mood stabilizers and sex hormones — have been found in American drinking water supplies. Including recent findings in Dallas, Cleveland and Maryland’s Prince George’s and Montgomery counties, pharmaceuticals have been detected in the drinking water of at least 51 million Americans.
Most cities and water providers still do not test. Some scientists say that wherever researchers look, they will find pharma-tainted water.
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Researchers have found that even extremely diluted concentrations of drugs harm fish, frogs and other aquatic species. Also, researchers report that human cells fail to grow normally in the laboratory when exposed to trace concentrations of certain drugs. Some scientists say they are increasingly concerned that the consumption of combinations of many drugs, even in small amounts, could harm humans over decades.
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This explains why I've been feeling so mellow lately.
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It's legally happening - and that means everything is A-OK. Our safety is important. The authorities in charge would never do stuff to harm us.
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I only drink bottled water anyways, I hope thats not pharmed up !
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Posted by sYnOnYx
I only drink bottled water anyways, I hope thats not pharmed up !
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Not unless you pay extra 
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Posted by sYnOnYx
I only drink bottled water anyways, I hope thats not pharmed up !
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Bottled water...? Where do you think this water comes from...besides a bottle?
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Can most of these waste pharmaceutical products please be methylphenidate and dexamphetamine, instead of estrogens? and in higher so amounts.
I wannna drink a glass of tap water and watch my pupils blow up like two pennies.
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Interesting. Frightening. Do you know if these pharmaceuticals can be absorbed through the skin like from showers? If so, would it have the same detrimental effects like the cell growth the article mentioned?
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Is that Sildenafil in your water or are you just happy to see me?
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Posted by KublaKhan
Bottled water...? Where do you think this water comes from...besides a bottle?
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I must one up you sir
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Arsenic, yum!
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Posted by TheVicariousVadder
Is that Sildenafil in your water or are you just happy to see me?
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just happy
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This sounds ridiculous. Could test the water and see, I guess.
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i got to drink out of one of these a few days ago, It tastes amazing. They filter out lead, flouride, salts, and I hope pharmaceuticals
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Okay...so they filter out the pharmaceuticals. WHAT DO THEY DO WITH THEM THEN?
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