Recent news form AP different dangerous Drugs found in drinking water. As the report says 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.
These drugs get into the water everyday. As we take pills and other medicines, our body absorbs the required materials and rest of it are wastes and ends up at our toilet. Then its dumped into the ocean water. Then the ocean water is filtered and used as drinking water. But most of the treatment plants doesn't purify all the drugs.
But this is really concerning all the people. As we don't know all the bad effects of this problem. This could be a disaster or will be safe in the future.
"We know we are being exposed to other people's drugs through our drinking water, and that can't be good," says Dr. David Carpenter, who directs the Institute for Health and the Environment of the State University of New York at Albany.
Drinking water or poison?
Energy Drinks!!! Energy or alcoholism??
Energy drink sellers like Miller Brewing and Anheuser-Busch selling energy drinks containing huge amount of alcohol. Young and Adults both are addicted to such drinks. Parents are concerned about these "Energy Drinks". They cant control their children from drinking energy drinks and later becoming alcoholic.
The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), an alcohol-industry watchdog, is seeking a court injunction banning Anheuser-Busch and Miller Brewing Company from selling alcoholic energy drinks, contending that the products appeal to underage drinkers and lack government approval for their mix of ingredients.
The group will seek a permanent injunction to prevent the companies "from manufacturing and offering for sale any alcoholic beverage that contains caffeine, guarana, or any other stimulant, or taurine, ginseng, or any other ingredient that is not generally recognized as safe for use in alcoholic beverages," as well as prohibiting Anheuser-Busch and Miller from making claims about the energy-boosting attributes of the products or their ability to counteract the effects of alcohol. CSPI also said it plans to ask the courts to require the companies to disgorge all profits from the sales of these products, which would then be placed in a charitable fund.
Recent research has shown that mixing alcohol and energy drinks can make drinkers feel more alert, but does nothing to prevent intoxication. Researcher Mary Claire O'Brien and colleagues at Wake Forest University School of Medicine who surveyed students found that those who mixed alcohol and energy drinks tended to drink more heavily and have more drinking-related problems.
We all hope that CSPI will be successful.
