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[wildestcolts] Environmentalists Calling For Urgent

Investigation

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> > > Prozac 'found in drinking water'

> > > Traces of the antidepressant Prozac can be found in the nation's

> drinking

> > water, it has been revealed.

> > > An Environment Agency report suggests so many people are taking the

drug

> > nowadays it is building up in rivers and groundwater.

> > >

> > > A report in Sunday's Observer says the government's environment

watchdog

> > has discussed the impact for human health.

> > >

> > > A spokesman for the Drinking Water Inspectorate (DWI) said the Prozac

> > found was most likely highly diluted.

> > >

> > > 'Alarming'

> > >

> > > The newspaper says environmentalists are calling for an urgent

> > investigation into the evidence.

> > >

> > > It quotes the Liberal Democrats' environment spokesman, Norman Baker

MP,

> > as saying the picture emerging looked like " a case of hidden mass

> medication

> > upon the unsuspecting public " .

> > >

> > > He says: " It is alarming that there is no monitoring of levels of

Prozac

> > and other pharmacy residues in our drinking water. "

> > >

> > > Experts say the anti-depression drug gets into the rivers and water

> system

> > via treated sewage water.

> > >

> > > Prescriptions increase

> > >

> > > The DWI said the Prozac (known technically as fluoxetine) was unlikely

> to

> > pose a health risk as it was so " watered down " .

> > >

> > > The Observer says the revelations raise new fears over how many

> > prescriptions for the drug are given out by doctors.

> > >

> > > In the decade leading up to 2001, the number of prescriptions for

> > antidepressants went up from nine million per year to 24 million per

year,

> > says the paper.

> > >

> > > The Environment Agency report concluded that the Prozac in the water

> table

> > could be potentially toxic and said the drug was a " potential concern " .

> > >

> > > The exact amount of Prozac in the nation's drinking water is not

known.

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[Guest guest]

[wildestcolts] Environmentalists Calling For Urgent

Investigation

> > re: Prozac in Water Supply

> >

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>

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3545684.stm<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/hea

> > lth/3545684.stm>

> > >

> > > Prozac 'found in drinking water'

> > > Traces of the antidepressant Prozac can be found in the nation's

> drinking

> > water, it has been revealed.

> > > An Environment Agency report suggests so many people are taking the

drug

> > nowadays it is building up in rivers and groundwater.

> > >

> > > A report in Sunday's Observer says the government's environment

watchdog

> > has discussed the impact for human health.

> > >

> > > A spokesman for the Drinking Water Inspectorate (DWI) said the Prozac

> > found was most likely highly diluted.

> > >

> > > 'Alarming'

> > >

> > > The newspaper says environmentalists are calling for an urgent

> > investigation into the evidence.

> > >

> > > It quotes the Liberal Democrats' environment spokesman, Norman Baker

MP,

> > as saying the picture emerging looked like " a case of hidden mass

> medication

> > upon the unsuspecting public " .

> > >

> > > He says: " It is alarming that there is no monitoring of levels of

Prozac

> > and other pharmacy residues in our drinking water. "

> > >

> > > Experts say the anti-depression drug gets into the rivers and water

> system

> > via treated sewage water.

> > >

> > > Prescriptions increase

> > >

> > > The DWI said the Prozac (known technically as fluoxetine) was unlikely

> to

> > pose a health risk as it was so " watered down " .

> > >

> > > The Observer says the revelations raise new fears over how many

> > prescriptions for the drug are given out by doctors.

> > >

> > > In the decade leading up to 2001, the number of prescriptions for

> > antidepressants went up from nine million per year to 24 million per

year,

> > says the paper.

> > >

> > > The Environment Agency report concluded that the Prozac in the water

> table

> > could be potentially toxic and said the drug was a " potential concern " .

> > >

> > > The exact amount of Prozac in the nation's drinking water is not

known.

> > >

> > >

> > >

[Guest guest]

[wildestcolts] Environmentalists Calling For Urgent

Investigation

> > re: Prozac in Water Supply

> >

> >

> > >

> > >

> >

>

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3545684.stm<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/hea

> > lth/3545684.stm>

> > >

> > > Prozac 'found in drinking water'

> > > Traces of the antidepressant Prozac can be found in the nation's

> drinking

> > water, it has been revealed.

> > > An Environment Agency report suggests so many people are taking the

drug

> > nowadays it is building up in rivers and groundwater.

> > >

> > > A report in Sunday's Observer says the government's environment

watchdog

> > has discussed the impact for human health.

> > >

> > > A spokesman for the Drinking Water Inspectorate (DWI) said the Prozac

> > found was most likely highly diluted.

> > >

> > > 'Alarming'

> > >

> > > The newspaper says environmentalists are calling for an urgent

> > investigation into the evidence.

> > >

> > > It quotes the Liberal Democrats' environment spokesman, Norman Baker

MP,

> > as saying the picture emerging looked like " a case of hidden mass

> medication

> > upon the unsuspecting public " .

> > >

> > > He says: " It is alarming that there is no monitoring of levels of

Prozac

> > and other pharmacy residues in our drinking water. "

> > >

> > > Experts say the anti-depression drug gets into the rivers and water

> system

> > via treated sewage water.

> > >

> > > Prescriptions increase

> > >

> > > The DWI said the Prozac (known technically as fluoxetine) was unlikely

> to

> > pose a health risk as it was so " watered down " .

> > >

> > > The Observer says the revelations raise new fears over how many

> > prescriptions for the drug are given out by doctors.

> > >

> > > In the decade leading up to 2001, the number of prescriptions for

> > antidepressants went up from nine million per year to 24 million per

year,

> > says the paper.

> > >

> > > The Environment Agency report concluded that the Prozac in the water

> table

> > could be potentially toxic and said the drug was a " potential concern " .

> > >

> > > The exact amount of Prozac in the nation's drinking water is not

known.

> > >

> > >

> > >

[Guest guest]

[wildestcolts] Environmentalists Calling For Urgent

Investigation

> > re: Prozac in Water Supply

> >

> >

> > >

> > >

> >

>

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3545684.stm<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/hea

> > lth/3545684.stm>

> > >

> > > Prozac 'found in drinking water'

> > > Traces of the antidepressant Prozac can be found in the nation's

> drinking

> > water, it has been revealed.

> > > An Environment Agency report suggests so many people are taking the

drug

> > nowadays it is building up in rivers and groundwater.

> > >

> > > A report in Sunday's Observer says the government's environment

watchdog

> > has discussed the impact for human health.

> > >

> > > A spokesman for the Drinking Water Inspectorate (DWI) said the Prozac

> > found was most likely highly diluted.

> > >

> > > 'Alarming'

> > >

> > > The newspaper says environmentalists are calling for an urgent

> > investigation into the evidence.

> > >

> > > It quotes the Liberal Democrats' environment spokesman, Norman Baker

MP,

> > as saying the picture emerging looked like " a case of hidden mass

> medication

> > upon the unsuspecting public " .

> > >

> > > He says: " It is alarming that there is no monitoring of levels of

Prozac

> > and other pharmacy residues in our drinking water. "

> > >

> > > Experts say the anti-depression drug gets into the rivers and water

> system

> > via treated sewage water.

> > >

> > > Prescriptions increase

> > >

> > > The DWI said the Prozac (known technically as fluoxetine) was unlikely

> to

> > pose a health risk as it was so " watered down " .

> > >

> > > The Observer says the revelations raise new fears over how many

> > prescriptions for the drug are given out by doctors.

> > >

> > > In the decade leading up to 2001, the number of prescriptions for

> > antidepressants went up from nine million per year to 24 million per

year,

> > says the paper.

> > >

> > > The Environment Agency report concluded that the Prozac in the water

> table

> > could be potentially toxic and said the drug was a " potential concern " .

> > >

> > > The exact amount of Prozac in the nation's drinking water is not

known.

> > >

> > >

> > >