drugs in the water supply??????

[pooley]

the news yesterday said there are drugs in our water supplies.  ::)i'm not feeling anything!

[jimmyclaude]

A stash or a steady IV drip?

[pooley]

now i know why nyc says they have the best water in new york. they're stoned!!!

[gcrossman]

At parts per billion/trillion I do not think we will notice.  Chlorine kills most bacteria at 1.5 part per million.
I understand their drugs, but where to drugs come from? Where do "they" expect use to get ride of our waste.  Any drug loses shelf life, maybe water will speed it up.   

Maybe growth hormones will produce bigger fish!!!

[jimmyclaude]

Usually they want to call it "pesticides."  Wonder why they are spinning it that way?

[ChamplainTigerShark]

I was told that some bodies of water located near college towns, biologists are finding a sex ratio in fish that is predominantly female. They believe it may be due to an excess amount of estrogen in the water, caused by all the girls on birth control.   

[pooley]

new york city(and my home town of suffern) don't put clorine in the water.

[jimmyclaude]

new york city(and my home town of suffern) don't put clorine in the water.

Do they use UV?

[pooley]

like in ponds? i can ask my friend.

[jimmyclaude]

If your town is all deep well they may not for their potable water supply. Just about everyone uses chlorine for their sewage plant effluent

[pooley]

we actually have the largest aquafier in new york. can supply my village for 20 years. it's right under the ramapo river.

[jimmyclaude]

http://www.epa.gov/superfund/sites/npl/d930528.htm

 Pooley, My military life (27 years ago) I was a civil engineer in water and waste water.... Thought you may find this interesting.  There is also a desalination plant being built drawing water from the Hudson that may be suppling you in the future....

[pooley]

http://www.epa.gov/superfund/sites/npl/d930528.htm

 Pooley, My military life (27 years ago) I was a civil engineer in water and waste water.... Thought you may find this interesting.  There is also a desalination plant being built drawing water from the Hudson that may be suppling you in the future....

thanks jimmy. we had a fuel tanker go over by our well fields a while ago. we had to buy nasty clorine smelling water from the big water company in the area. glad to see we're back to normal.

[abishop]

Now that would be a good stock to invest in. There is only so much fresh water. Lets all try to keep it clean.

[beeverfishing]

I was told that some bodies of water located near college towns, biologists are finding a sex ratio in fish that is predominantly female. They believe it may be due to an excess amount of estrogen in the water, caused by all the girls on birth control.   

Yeah, and it has been said that the sperm count of us males has lowered over the years..for the same reason.  By my understanding, there is no known way to remove it from the water supply.  Possibly someone on here knows more then I do and can shed some light on this ...fact or fiction??.  Looking forward to a responce.

[jimmyclaude]

Only by distillation or Reverse Osmosis process.

[WARRIOR_ON_ICE]

I was told that some bodies of water located near college towns, biologists are finding a sex ratio in fish that is predominantly female. They believe it may be due to an excess amount of estrogen in the water, caused by all the girls on birth control.   

This is true. In the publication that I read at work " Chemical and Engineering News " they recently put a story in on this very issue. The synthetic hormone in birth control pills causes male fish to become infertile, at very low concentrations in the water. A major source of prescription drug chemicals in lakes and rivers is due to people flushing their pills down the toilet. Some chemicals, notably the synthetic hormone in " the pill " have adverse affects on fish at very low concentrations, the male fish in this case.

[Grumpyoldman]

I was told that some bodies of water located near college towns, biologists are finding a sex ratio in fish that is predominantly female. They believe it may be due to an excess amount of estrogen in the water, caused by all the girls on birth control.   

And I thought I was getting man boobs from getting older. Now I can blame it on the water.

[ice dawg]

I'm pretty sure that the water supply in Washington, DC has chemicals in it that will cause stupidity in politicians. 

[MrMarty51]

I'm pretty sure that the water supply in Washington, DC has chemicals in it that will cause stupidity in politicians.