Poison tap water in Major USA Cities
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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.
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.
In the course of a five-month inquiry, the AP discovered that drugs have been detected in the drinking water supplies of 24 major metropolitan areas — from Southern California to Northern New Jersey, from Detroit to Louisville, Ky.
Water providers rarely disclose results of pharmaceutical screenings, unless pressed, the AP found. For example, the head of a group representing major California suppliers said the public “doesn’t know how to interpret the information” and might be unduly alarmed.
Here are some of the key test results obtained by the AP:
_Officials in Philadelphia said testing there discovered 56 pharmaceuticals or byproducts in treated drinking water, including medicines for pain, infection, high cholesterol, asthma, epilepsy, mental illness and heart problems. Sixty-three pharmaceuticals or byproducts were found in the city’s watersheds.
_Anti-epileptic and anti-anxiety medications were detected in a portion of the treated drinking water for 18.5 million people in Southern California.
_Researchers at the U.S. Geological Survey analyzed a Passaic Valley Water Commission drinking water treatment plant, which serves 850,000 people in Northern New Jersey, and found a metabolized angina medicine and the mood-stabilizing carbamazepine in drinking water.
_A sex hormone was detected in San Francisco’s drinking water.
_The drinking water for Washington, D.C., and surrounding areas tested positive for six pharmaceuticals.
_Three medications, including an antibiotic, were found in drinking water supplied to Tucson, Ariz
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Kitteh dwinks fwom phauwset – pretteh epic acksualy….Cat drinking from faucet :)
Thirsty Kitteh cat from facebook!
The title is lolspeak. If you don’t know what lolspeak is, You can google it for some entertainment.
If you are posting here about wasting some water, you should go take a hot bath, relax a little and perhaps flush your toliet and brush your teeth…oops you left the sprinkler on? Awww! The interesting thing about H2O is that it eventually will make it back into the atmosphere and rain down on your roses, and then perhaps you can stop and smell them. 
“They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for.”
–Tom Bodett
Love,
Miss Kat
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Illinois Drinking Water -part 1 of 2
An ideal tool for the classroom. Topics include: drinking water uses and sources, the water cycle, water treatment, sampling and distribution, importance of trained and certified operators, design and construction of public water systems, environmental protection initiatives. Produced by the Illinois Section American Water Works Association.
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Water As Luxury – Bringing Clean Drinking Water to Central Africa
chaity: water founder Scott Harrison presents his story at LuxuryLab’s 2009 Innovation Forum. This program was recorded on November 6, 2009.
charity: water on the web: http://www.charitywater.org
LuxuryLab presents its first-ever INNOVATION FORUM, an unprecedented event addressing the rapidly changing luxury marketplace.
Held at TheTimesCenter, the forum brought together thought leaders to share never-seen-before research, trends, best practices, and a passion for ideas. – LuxuryLab
Scott Harrison spent 10 years as a New York City party promoter, throwing fashion and music events at top nightclubs for the likes of MTV, VH1, ABC TV, Cosmopolitan, ELLE, Universal Records, Island Records, Bacardi, and Anheuser-Busch. In the fall of 2004, disgusted with the selfish and indulgent life he led, he returned to his childhood Christian faith and left nightlife to volunteer with a team of humanitarian doctors and surgeons onboard a hospital ship in Liberia, Africa. Armed with a pair of Nikons, Harrison spent eight months as the ship’s volunteer photojournalist, documenting the incredible need he saw there.
Returning home to New York City a year later, he produced a large exhibition in Chelsea of more than 100 photographs and videos from the journey. The show gathered major media attention and brought in more than $96,000 in donations for medical procedures and freshwater well projects in Africa.
Following another six-month journey on the ship to West Africa, he returned to New York City to found the non-profit organization charity: water. Turning his full attention to the global water crisis and the 1.1 billion people without clean water to drink, he and a small team created exhibitions in galleries and outdoor parks, online campaigns, and nationally-aired public service announcements.
In three years, with the help of more than 60,000 donors from 200 countries and 300+ media mentions, charity: water has raised not only massive awareness, but more than $10 million, funding more than 1,400 water projects in 16 developing nations. Those projects will provide over 700,000 people with clean, safe drinking water.
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Time Warp – Dog Drinking
Watch Time Warp Wednesdays at 8 pm ET. http://go.discovery.com/?mkcpgn=ytdsc1&url=http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/time-warp/
Ever wondered what a dog’s tongue does when it’s vorcaiously drinking water on a hot summer day? Now you can see for yourself.
Catch Time Warp – Wednesdays @ 8pm E/P, only on Discovery.
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