Drugs in American Tap Water, whats next?

**ChrissyMaria** · 03-10-2008 09:25 PM

I thought floride and iron and chlorine were bad, look at this now

http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/200...r-now-what/?hp

they find painkiller traces in water, SEX HORMONES, cholesterol drugs and much much more!

ya kno, just when i thought things couldn't get any worse, THEY DO

i was brainstorming earlier, do you think sex hormones can have any effect on peoples orientation as they grow? like would a growing kid ingesting tap water with female sex hormones turn out gay?

who the hell knows whats safe anymore now a days....nothing is clean anymore, nothing is safe, nothing is secure...

**Sornaensis** · 03-10-2008 09:28 PM

No, sexual orientation is determined in fetal stages.

**Oneironaut Zero** · 03-10-2008 09:30 PM

I just heard a highlight about this on the local news, about 5 minutes ago, and was waiting to hear the full story. I'll check out that NYTimes article when I get the chance.

**ChrissyMaria** · 03-10-2008 09:31 PM

Originally Posted by Seismosaur

No, sexual orientation is determined in fetal stages.

It is? i thought nothing has been proven as to the direct main cause of orientation change, but hey, maybe these hormones in our water make it even worse?

BTW this isn't just tap water, its BOTTLED water also, what the hell are we supposed to drink now?

distilled water?

**Sornaensis** · 03-10-2008 09:35 PM

No, those are urban myths.

If that was true every male who ate any chicken, or drank any milk or any other product of hormone enhancing would be homosexual because there are way more than trace amounts of these hormones in the food.

The same would go for sitting in a room long enough with females. The hormones don't effect you until a few days after sex is determined in the fetal process.

EDIT: Oh, and fouride and Chlorinated water is... Clean water

**ChrissyMaria** · 03-10-2008 09:37 PM

Originally Posted by Seismosaur

No, those are urban myths.

If that was true every male who ate any chicken, or drank any milk or any other product of hormone enhancing would be homosexual because there are way more than trace amounts of these hormones in the food.

The same would go for sitting in a room long enough with females. The hormones don't effect you until a few days after sex is determined in the fetal process.

EDIT: Oh, and fouride and Chlorinated water is... Clean water

oh well that clears up some stuff, but still these prescriptions in water isnt safe to me, no matter how minute the amount.

also, how about distilled?

**Sornaensis** · 03-10-2008 09:38 PM

What about distilled water?

**ChrissyMaria** · 03-10-2008 09:46 PM

Originally Posted by Seismosaur

What about distilled water?

you think its polluted with prescriptions also? its evaporated so im guessing no

**Sornaensis** · 03-10-2008 09:47 PM

Yea, I want to say no...

But what do you mean "polluted"? Again, water is flourinated and chlorinated.

Sex drugs?

Cholesterol medicine? That's odd.

**panta-rei** · 03-10-2008 09:50 PM

You know, It did say trace amounts, you can find trace amounts of anything in pretty much anything else.

**ChrissyMaria** · 03-10-2008 09:51 PM

that is true but these trace amounts have lead to many biological issues in nature, male frogs with ovaries, fish turning female from male...im sure it effects humans.

and btw seismo, to me any non h20 particle in water is a pollutant to me.

**panta-rei** · 03-10-2008 09:57 PM

But chlorine and flourine help keep water clean and are even good for you.

**ChrissyMaria** · 03-10-2008 10:24 PM

Originally Posted by Delphinus

But chlorine and flourine help keep water clean and are even good for you.

idc what anyone 'claims' I don't believe a word of it, thats just me, i don't trust anything anymore..

all I want in my water is h20

not chlorine, or cholesterol drugs, or advil, or anti-depressants

**Sornaensis** · 03-10-2008 10:27 PM

Ok...

Let me put it this way:

If the water wasn't chlorinated, it wouldn't be 1/4 as clean as it is now. It would be infested with whatever lived in the water in that area. That's why they chlorinate it.

Flouride is also good for your teeth. This isn't just a "claim"; your toothpaste is mostly flouride..

**ChrissyMaria** · 03-10-2008 10:33 PM

Originally Posted by Seismosaur

Ok...

Let me put it this way:

If the water wasn't chlorinated, it wouldn't be 1/4 as clean as it is now. It would be infested with whatever lived in the water in that area. That's why they chlorinate it.

Flouride is also good for your teeth. This isn't just a "claim"; your toothpaste is mostly flouride..

yes but have you also read the claims of flouride being BAD for you?

guess not

btw lets get BACK on topic, the article reguarding drugs in water

my point was, im a purist, i want purity in life, its impossible i understand, unfortunately.

btw i do understand its uses to kill parasites and whatnot but, im just dreaming, dont mind me

i want a pure world, its impossible but...i want it

**Sornaensis** · 03-10-2008 10:42 PM

Originally Posted by guerilla

yes but have you also read the claims of flouride being BAD for you?

guess not

btw lets get BACK on topic, the article reguarding drugs in water

my point was, im a purist, i want purity in life, its impossible i understand, unfortunately.

btw i do understand its uses to kill parasites and whatnot but, im just dreaming, dont mind me

i want a pure world, its impossible but...i want it

Yes, flouride is terrible for you if you drank 40 Gallons of water in a single sitting.

But then it doesn't really matter what's in the water, that much water will kill you anyway.

**ChrissyMaria** · 03-10-2008 10:45 PM

very true but i hate to be rude seis, can we get back to the topic?

/me sits back and waits for more responses to the NYT article

**wasup** · 03-10-2008 10:45 PM

Actually, chlorine is not good for you. If someone told you that than that person just pulled it out of their ass. Flourine is good for your teeth, though it can be bad to drink in large doses.

**ChrissyMaria** · 03-10-2008 10:50 PM

Originally Posted by wasup

Actually, chlorine is not good for you. If someone told you that than that person just pulled it out of their ass. Flourine is good for your teeth, though it can be bad to drink in large doses.

how about this,

small doses of flouride for your entire life? cause thats what going on right now

people are taking minute doses of flouride every minute every day they drink water, so in theory wouldnt an extended dose be just as harmful as a big dose in 1 shot? the effects may be more subtle but i believe both small and extended doses are as bad a short and large ones.

**wasup** · 03-10-2008 10:53 PM

Guerilla, that's like saying eating 100 sandwiches in the period of one year is just as unhealthy as eating 100 sandwiches in one day.

**ChrissyMaria** · 03-10-2008 10:57 PM

Originally Posted by wasup

Guerilla, that's like saying eating 100 sandwiches in the period of one year is just as unhealthy as eating 100 sandwiches in one day.

not really when your talking about a chemical

and can we please talk about the topic and not fluoride? theres another thread for that...lets talk about this even worse thing in the water, prescriptions.

**Sornaensis** · 03-10-2008 11:11 PM

That would only be true if humans did not excrete.

**panta-rei** · 03-10-2008 11:59 PM

You know that our air we breath is probably worse for you then the water that we drink, right?

**Sornaensis** · 03-11-2008 12:03 AM

I was going to post that, but didn't.

But yes, by this logic, breathing air for your whole life is not toxic, but DEADLY!

Hey, maybe that explains why humans only live to be 70!