[steam_cannon]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mmasters', 'E')vaporating estrogen now eh? This is getting dumb

[auscanman]

The amount of estrogen and other pharmaceuticals evaporating would be negligible, even if there was an extremely high level of these substances in the water at issue. Yes, some minute amount might get trapped amongst a cluster of evaporating water molecules, but certainly not much. Definitely not enough to produce a detectable level of these substances in any precipitation.

The dirt that 'clean' rainwater leaves behind consists of particulates it picks up in the air on the way down (or acid residues if you're talking about acid rain).

[auscanman]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('steam_cannon', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mmasters', 'E')vaporating estrogen now eh? This is getting dumb

[steam_cannon]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('auscanman', 'N')aCl (sea salt) is a much smaller molecule and is more soluble than
any active pharmaceutical ingredient, so it's easier for it to be
trapped amongst evaporating water molecules. Hence the need for
a fractional distillation to get pure water from distillation of sea water.

[auscanman]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('steam_cannon', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('auscanman', 'N')aCl (sea salt) is a much smaller molecule and is more soluble than
any active pharmaceutical ingredient, so it's easier for it to be
trapped amongst evaporating water molecules. Hence the need for
a fractional distillation to get pure water from distillation of sea water.

[manu]

No matter how they got in the water, they are there. So I say, "ban all pharmacutical drugs unless you can prove that they break down safely." I don't want any amout of them in the water I drink. Oh, I forgot, the big pharma companies are owned by the politicians and corporate scum who really don't give a damn about people's health. They will keep the lemmings running for the cliff. Turn lemmings before it's too late!

[smallpoxgirl]

Well...pharmaceuticals are far from being the only chemicals in your water. There are thousands of companies producing innumerable tons of chemicals everyday, many of which are environmentally persistent and biologically active. If you really want "clean" food or water, you're going to have to move to a different planet. This one is engaged in a grand experiment to find out what happens to lifeforms when they are exposed to this chemical soup. Eventually it's probably going to turn out badly.

[Ferretlover]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('smallpoxgirl', ' ')This one is engaged in a grand experiment to find out what happens to lifeforms when they are exposed to this chemical soup. Eventually it's probably going to turn out badly.

[manu]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('smallpoxgirl', 'W')ell...pharmaceuticals are far from being the only chemicals in your water. There are thousands of companies producing innumerable tons of chemicals everyday, many of which are environmentally persistent and biologically active. If you really want "clean" food or water, you're going to have to move to a different planet. This one is engaged in a grand experiment to find out what happens to lifeforms when they are exposed to this chemical soup. Eventually it's probably going to turn out badly.

[BigTex]

Does anyone know any more about the fish with sexual identity issues as a result of being exposed to this laced water?

I remember that story from a few years ago, but the way I remember it the fish were swimming in Prozac contaminated water and they weren't mating because they were happy enough to just swim around without trying to get any.

Something tells me the pharma industry's solution to that problem would be to introduce trace amounts of Viagra into the Prozac contaminated water.

[manu]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('BigTex', 'D')oes anyone know any more about the fish with sexual identity issues as a result of being exposed to this laced water?

I remember that story from a few years ago, but the way I remember it the fish were swimming in Prozac contaminated water and they weren't mating because they were happy enough to just swim around without trying to get any.

Something tells me the pharma industry's solution to that problem would be to introduce trace amounts of Viagra into the Prozac contaminated water.

[BigTex]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('manu', 'I') read an article from Europe around eight or so years ago about fish near a sewage outlet changing sexes. It seems a cocktail of chemicals is worse than each one seperatly. Anyway, it's all coming to an end soon as the Earth is going to do a major cleansing and then it's back to the horse and ox for another 10,000 years or so.

[frankthetank]

So if i'm on an SSRI (my doc wants to drug me up) should i pee

A)toilet (goes into Mississippi river most likely)
B)in my yard somewhere? (i'm on a well...will this stuff make it down 60ft?)
C)save it in plastic jugs



Aren't a lot of these drugs actually plant based to some extent? Just purified?

Remember that even natural "organic" things can cause BAD things...
Mix up some Rotenone in a cocktail and you might end up with Parkinson's disease.

[BigTex]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('frankthetank', 'S')o if i'm on an SSRI (my doc wants to drug me up) should i pee

A)toilet (goes into Mississippi river most likely)
B)in my yard somewhere? (i'm on a well...will this stuff make it down 60ft?)
C)save it in plastic jugs



Aren't a lot of these drugs actually plant based to some extent? Just purified?

Remember that even natural "organic" things can cause BAD things...
Mix up some Rotenone in a cocktail and you might end up with Parkinson's disease.

[steam_cannon]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('frankthetank', 'C'))save it in plastic jugs

[BigTex]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('steam_cannon', 'H')owever seriously, similar things have been done before...

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '[')b]Some Meth Addicts Turn to Urine to Get High

Saturday, February 03, 2007

Some hard-core methamphetamine addicts will do anything to get
high, including collecting and drinking the urine of other users.

Police in New Mexico recently discovered meth users running "urine
extraction" labs, reported Minnesota's news station WCCO.

The first indication of the new trend came when deputies opened
up a smelly rented storage locker where they found 50 1-gallon
jugs of urine. Police told the owners to throw away the contents,
which made them physically ill.

Click Here to Read WCCO's Full Story

A week later, Narcotics Sgt. Becky Howell received the report on the incident.

"I said, 'Oh my gosh, this is a meth lab. This is a urine extraction lab,'" Howell told WCCO.

It's the newest way to access meth. Some users drink the meth-tainted urine
to get high while others use the cooking process to filter the drug back out.

[steam_cannon]

It brings up a lot of questions, like if a methlab dumps a bad batch,
it could end up in peoples wells. Urine from meth users probably already
ends up in drinking water.

Another thought, imagine when the stuff gets out to the ocean.

Stingrays on meth! Crikey!

[dukey]

Animal feces, lead, mercury, pesticides, yummy stuff !

[Ferretlover]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'C')ity of Corpus Christi, TX Serves: 270,000 people:
An Environmental Working Group analysis of tap water tests from 1998 through 2002 shows that customers of City of Corpus Christi drank water containing up to 24 pollutants, including one unregulated contaminant. City of Corpus Christi is one of 65,000 water suppliers across the country wrestling with treating water polluted by sprawl, sewage, factory farms, and industry.
Pollution Summary:
24 Total Contaminants Detected (1998 - 2002):
Aluminum, Arsenic (total), Barium (total), Chromium (total), Copper, Manganese, Nitrate, Selenium (total), Sulfate, Metolachlor, Atrazine, Monochloroacetic acid, Dichloroacetic acid, Trichloroacetic acid, Monobromoacetic acid, Dibromoacetic acid, Total haloacetic acids, Chloroform, Bromoform, Bromodichloromethane, Dibromochloromethane, Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Dichloromethane (methylene chloride), Gross beta particle activity (pCi/L)

4 Agricultural Pollutants:
(pesticides, fertilizer, factory farms)
Nitrate, Sulfate, Metolachlor, Atrazine

3 Sprawl and Urban Pollutants:
(road runoff, lawn pesticides, human waste)
Arsenic (total), Copper, Nitrate

10 Industrial Pollutants:
Aluminum, Arsenic (total), Barium (total), Chromium (total), Manganese, Nitrate, Selenium (total), Sulfate, Dichloromethane (methylene chloride), Gross beta particle activity (pCi/L)

11 Water Treatment and Distribution Byproducts (pipes and fixtures, treatment chemicals and byproducts):
Monochloroacetic acid, Dichloroacetic acid, Trichloroacetic acid, Monobromoacetic acid, Dibromoacetic acid, Total haloacetic acids, Chloroform, Bromoform, Bromodichloromethane, Dibromochloromethane, Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs)

9 Naturally Occurring (naturally present but increased for lands denuded by sprawl, agriculture, or industrial development) :
Aluminum, Arsenic (total), Chromium (total), Copper, Manganese, Nitrate, Selenium (total), Sulfate, Gross beta particle activity (pCi/L)

1 Unregulated Contaminants EPA has not established a maximum legal limit in tapwater for these contaminants:
Metolachlor

[dinopello]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ferretlover', ' ') Checked on what’s in YOUR water?