Drugs disposed of in toilets. Do they get into our drinking water?
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Some drugs do apparently enter the water supply. There has certainly been much discussion about oestrogen, though this enters from other sources. It is best to take out of date and unwanted medications to the pharmacy for disposal.
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Lots of things go down the toilet, that's why we have purifying plants. to PURIFY our water
Water goes through a series of decontamination first before it goes back to the tap. You have ion resins, ultra fine pore filters, chlorination... I think the drugs people flush down the toilet get filtered out through ion resins. Either that or activated charcoal adsorption.
If you say it has to do with purification and re-cycled, then you need not be afraid cos b/4 it comes back to the homes, it has been purified.
Seriously...most bottled water comes from taps nowadays...
do some research. I would seriously doubt that the drugs could get to you via the drinking water since it does go through filtering plants which are federally inspected and mandated. Otherwise, you'd be drinking urine and feces and whatever else goes into the toilet. For that matter, why bother taking a shower? That's the same water, right? Come on, don't be silly...sewage is not recycled anyway...drinking water is filtered from lakes, resevoirs, etc. Put a filter on your tap if you're really that worried.
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Studies have shown that many pharmaceuticals pass through treatment plants without breaking down at all! Scientists are fairly certain that this is why we're seeing so many nasty bugs that are becoming drug resistant! :-(=
The water is checked in laboratories regularly for it's purity.
Recent scientific tests have shown that most tap drinking water has far less impurities than bottled. To make sure you can always filter your water as we do. You can be sure then it is 100% pure and far safer to drink than bottled water from various manufacturers who sometimes use tap water!
Drinking and washing water is separate than toilet flushing water. All are purified. In the UK monitored for health and safety.
Much like when you check the chemical levels in your pool the water at the plant get a sample check to see whats in the water.
Only if you drink out of the toilet! If they manage to get rid of all the urine and feces, not to mention the bacteria, before it is pumped back out into the water supply, then it's unlikely the narcotics would remain, don't you think?
Most bottled water is tap water. You must have missed the recent announcement that one of the big companies (I forgot which one) is now going to tell the truth and state on the label that the source is a tap no different than the one in your kitchen.
As for your actual question, the purification process is in place for the purposes of protecting us from anything and everything that might be in the water, but it's never 100% contaminant free. There are "acceptable levels" of certain things, set by government guidelines. But don't waste your money on bottled water when most of it is just the same as any other water.
A lot of bottled water comes from the same system as your tap water. If you want cleaner water, get a water purifier. It's cheaper and more environmentally friendly to do that than to throw away all those plastic bottles.
As for drugs being flushed down the toilet, they do say it's actually better to throw them away in the garbage, if not to protect the water we drink, then to protect the water that other animals drink before it's been purified.
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a lot of things go down toilets...
I have heard of doctors stating that drugs get back into drinking water in some form-its a fact.
be nice if they did. drugs in water like money on trees.
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not much would come through to our drinking water because when the water is recycled it goes through a series of processes, the water would also be tested every so often to check for any "dangers" or if something is going in which shouldn't this would be done by a computer and manually, but is some gets through the processes there would be so little of it it would be highly diluted so the ratio of drug to water would be so small it would be hardly traceable therefore it is not worth thinking about,so there is no need to worry about it,
i would also like to point out even this untraceable amount, because of the water cycle it, it may also be in the bottled drinking water...
I agree with Dr,Frank,some DO get into our water.Advice today in the UK on disposing of drugs is to take them to ur chemist who will gladly dispose of them.
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