Do pharmaceuticals in our drinking water affect human health or aquatic organisms?

Question

This is an interesting article from the Associated Press:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080309/ap_on_re_us/pharmawater_i

Answer 1

If it does there will be one B-I-G class action lawsuit against the water provider government or not and the companies that is dumping it in the streams that feed the wells the water is pumped from.

And the people who are in charge of testing the water every week will have one big bit of trouble on their hands.  I am talking about jail time for deranging the general public and it will be a domino effect as to who will be next on the law suit list of people.

Answer 2

I would guess it would have some sort of effect over time.

This is why everyone should get a good whole house water filter.

Answer 3

I am sorry but part per trillion means a drop in a swimming pool. A large pool.

Part per quadrillon..well... a gain of sand on a 5 mile beach.

Good luck convincing people of a danger.

Answer 4

I read the article, and the hype is through the roof. Yes, these pharmaceuticals are in the water, but at barely detectable levels. The instruments that are used to detect these chemicals are *extremely* sensitive. People worry about drugs, pesticides, etc. being in our drinking water, but the threshold levels set by the government are way lower than they need to be. I would encourage people to take this article with a grain of salt.