What's in YOUR Water? Pharmacy Techs Unite! A site for you!

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Dear All,

If you are not a member of Karin Halvorson's site....may be you should be!

Here is the address:

pharmacytechsunite

here is her email address;

" karin halvorson " <hockeykatbird_27@...>

Karin informs technicians of many pharmacy related topics in the news.

Here is the title of one of her recent posts:

" AP probe finds drugs in drinking water "

Authors: JEFF DONN, MARTHA MENDOZA and JUSTIN PRITCHARD, Associated

Press Writers

Here are some excerpts from this VERY long and compelling article .

I placed the following symbol: " >>>>>> " after each

excerpt. These excerpts are not placed right after each other, but

rather with much detail in the paragraphs in between them!).

" A vast array of pharmaceuticals — including antibiotics, anti-

convulsants, mood stabilizers and sex hormones — have been found in

the drinking water supplies of at least 41 million Americans, an

Associated Press investigation shows. "

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" 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. "

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" Recent laboratory research has found that small amounts of medication

have affected human embryonic kidney cells, human blood cells and

human breast cancer cells. The cancer cells proliferated too quickly;

the kidney cells grew too slowly; and the blood cells showed

biological activity associated with inflammation. "

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" And while drugs are tested to be safe for humans, the time frame is

usually over a matter of months, not a lifetime. Pharmaceuticals also

can produce side effects and interact with other drugs at normal

medical doses. That's why — aside from therapeutic doses of fluoride

injected into potable water supplies — pharmaceuticals are prescribed

to people who need them, not delivered to everyone in their drinking

water. "

May I suggest that you go to her site just to read this article in

FULL even if you do not plan to join this site!

Find out what Rx drugs are in YOUR water! Specific drugs and amounts

were named in 24 major metropolitan area of the US, specifically in

this article the following were mentioned with specific details:

Cities:

San Francisco

Los Angeles,

Tuscon, Arizona

Washington, D.C.

Philadelphia

Passaic Valley Water Commission drinking wate treatment plant, which

serves 850,000 people in Northern New Jersey,

New Orleans s

Arlington, Texas,

New York City's

States:

Nebraska

Virginia

land

Countries and Continents:

Canada

Asia

Australia

Europe

CHECK OUT THE ARTICLE!~

CHECK OUT THE SITE:

pharmacytechsunite

Respectfully,

Jeanetta Mastron CPhT BS

Pharm Tech Educator

Founder/Owner of this site