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Let’s rev up those paranoia levels, people! Apparently, evidence is starting to appear that the high levels of drugs consumed in the US are working their way into the water supply as water is recycled from waste to your kitchen faucet. Consider this snippet from AP Probe Finds Drugs in Drinking Water…

A vast array of pharmaceuticals (AP) — 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… more