CBSNews.com posted an article yesterday about a report that states that thousands of the chemicals used to clean drinking water are not regulated by the government.  Here’s an excerpt:

Outdated laws regulating tap water allow unhealthy water to remain legal, according to a New York Times special report.

As the latest installment of its “Toxic Waters” series, the Times explores how of the 60,000 chemicals used to treat the public’s water supply, just 91 are regulated by the federal government.

For the entire article, click here:  Unsafe Tap Water Still Legal.

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Today CBSNews.com posted an article by the Associated Press called 271M Lbs Of Pharmaceuticals In Our Water. Here’s a quick excerpt:

U.S. manufacturers, including major drugmakers, have legally released at least 271 million pounds of pharmaceuticals into waterways that often provide drinking water – contamination the federal government has consistently overlooked, according to an Associated Press investigation.

Hundreds of active pharmaceutical ingredients are used in a variety of manufacturing, including drugmaking: For example, lithium is used to make ceramics and treat bipolar disorder; nitroglycerin is a heart drug and also used in explosives; copper shows up in everything from pipes to contraceptives.

Federal and industry officials say they don’t know the extent to which pharmaceuticals are released by U.S. manufacturers because no one tracks them – as drugs. But a close analysis of 20 years of federal records found that, in fact, the government unintentionally keeps data on a few, allowing a glimpse of the pharmaceuticals coming from factories.

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