Drugs in Philly drinking water
Posted by Jordan Osecki on 10 Mar 2008 at 01:14 pm | in: The Drexel Beat
Tap water or bottled? Be careful when drinking water from the tap either at off-campus apartments or even Drexel water fountains. An Associated Press investigation found 56 prescription drug residues in the Philadelphia water supply.
A spokesperson for the Philadelphia Water Department said that federal law doesn’t require that water be tested for these drugs and that there is no human health hazard or impact with these trace amounts. The pills get into the water supply through waste water that has been treated and purified. The purification process currently does not remove the drug residue.
Source: KYW Article
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