Is Our Drinking Water Safe?

San Francisco Vegan Chiropractor Comments:

I just got through reading one of the most comprehensive (and scary) articles about the harmful effects of drinking water that I have ever seen. The blog article is from the great www.webMD.com website, and is entitled:

Pharmaceutical-Flavored Water?

Here is an excerpt from the article:

How do the drugs get in our water?

The drugs we take are not completely metabolized into harmless compounds, but pass out of our bodies in urine and feces. And even the drugs we don't take end up in the water supply: more than half of us flush unused and expired meds down the toilet.

Plus, we're not the only ones using drugs. Cattle are given steroids to bulk up, and pets are being medicated for everything from arthritis, cancer, and heart disease to diabetes, allergies, dementia and that Western lifestyle affliction, obesity, to the tune of $5.2 billion over the past five years. The most recent data shows Americans increased their spending on animal meds nearly 10% in 2006. (Animal Health Institute: http://www.ahi.org/index.asp)

This artcicle goes on to discuss the pros and cons of various filtration systems...it's an excellent read.