Worried about prescription drugs in drinking water? There's really no need for anyone to worry about drugs in the drinking water. We can remove that threat and many others with the right home purification device.
If the treatment facilities were not so old and outdated, if they cared less about cost and more about safety, there wouldn't be any prescription drugs in drinking water. But, because they don't take the necessary steps, we have lead, pesticides, herbicides and thousands of chemical contaminants that they don't even test for.
One of the common drugs in the drinking water is called perchlorate. It is used to treat hypothyroidism. Independent tests showed that it was present in 400 different supplies around the United States. These tests were conducted more recently than the tests that the AP reported about in February.
It was done to support California's effort to have the compound added to the Environmental Protection Agency's list of contaminants that must be tested for at every public facility. In healthy people, the drug causes dysfunction of the thyroid gland, which impairs neurological development in children.
In adults, thyroid dysfunction negatively affects natural metabolism, leading to weight gain, fatigue and other health problems. The reason perchlorate is one of the most common prescription drugs in drinking water has little to do with its use as a medication.
Besides being a drug, it is a volatile organic compound (VOC). In other words, it exists in nature and it is explosive. It is commonly used in rocket fuel, airbags and fireworks. It was a common ingredient in fertilizer, before its use for this purpose was restricted.
It is such a common environmental pollutant that it has been found in samples of human breast milk, cow's milk and lettuce. It's presence in public water supplies is unregulated in most states. Only Massachusetts and California regularly test for it.
While most of the traces of drugs in the drinking water samples were relatively low, levels of perchlorate are relatively high and since we can be exposed in many other ways, it becomes particularly important to remove it.
Researchers are as yet unsure about what the traces of prescription drugs in drinking water can do to human health. But, researchers have been studying the affects or perchlorate for years. At levels commonly found in just one glass of milk or water, it disrupts the function of the thyroid gland.
Perhaps this is one of the underlying reasons for the obesity problem in America. Don't think that buying bottled is safer. Even springs contain VOCs. The only safe solution is a point-of-use filtration device that removes VOCs and those drugs in the drinking water. But, be sure to compare performance data.
Many "purifiers" that you see in department stores and on TV, are nothing more than chlorine filters. While chlorine is a problem, it is certainly not the only one. If you buy the right device, you will never have to worry about prescription drugs in drinking water or any other type of contaminant.
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