Recent findings are showing a list of pharmaceuticals are turning up in the drinking water. As many pharmaceuticals are not metabolized well in the body, and are difficult for water treatment to remove, the concentrations are beginning to rise.
Here are 2 newspaper articles from Toronto that discuss the subject (there is a lot more info to be found by doing a simple Google search).
www.thestar.com/News/Ontario/article/350146
www.torontosun.com/News/TorontoAndGTA/2008/05/20/5614526-sun.html
Fresh drinking water is often taken for granted in Canada. Will we really run out of water? Check out www.goblue.org for information about Canada's fresh water. (Canadians use an average of 125,000L/person a year versus Americans use 30,000L/person a year. Measure your water Footprint to estimate how much water you use).
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