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03/09/2008: "Weird drugs floating in your water"

A vast array of pharmaceuticals — including antibiotics, anti-convulsants, mood stabilizers and sex hormones — have been found [in trace amounts] in the drinking water supplies of at least 41 million Americans, an Associated Press investigation shows.

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.

[ It's almost certainly not good for you. ]

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