Drug-tainted drinking water
Report detailing pharmaceutical contamination of nation's water supply prompts senators to set hearings and direct Environmental Protection Agency to investigate and report. The series explains that drugs - mostly excreted residue that's flushed down the toilet - have polluted water and may harm wildlife and human health. EPA says Americans need to be careful when discarding prescription drugs.
The Associated Press; The Seattle Times 2008-03-11
Categories: DRINKS, GOVERNMENT, Hunting, URBAN & RURAL BOUNTY, Water
Index: Allyson Schwartz, Barbara Boxer, Democrat, drinking water, drug residues, Frank Lautenberg, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, pharmaceuticals, PharmaWater, prescription drugs, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, Stephen Johnson, Timothy Lyons, Transportation, Safety, Infrastructure Security and Water Quality Subcommittee, water system, watersheds, waterways