Anti-Virals Now Pose Serious Health Threat from Environmental Sources Too

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Anti-Virals Now Pose Serious Health Threat from Environmental Sources Too

According to a Japanese study published in the September 28 issue of

Environmental Health Perspectives, the flu drug Tamiflu is now contaminating

rivers downstream of sewage-treatment facilities.

The source? Urinary excretion from people taking Tamiflu (oseltamivir

phosphate).

Researchers are quite concerned that birds exposed to these waterborne residues

could develop and spread drug-resistant strains of various types of flu.

Science News reports:

" Once ingested, virtually all Tamiflu will end up in the environment in the

active form, notes environmental chemist Jerker Fick of Umeå University in

Sweden. The reason: Tamiflu becomes active once the body converts it into a

carboxylate form.

Roughly 80 percent of an ingested dose becomes this OC, which your body

eventually excretes. Your body sheds the remaining 20 percent of Tamiflu in its

original form, but this phosphate form is immediately turned into the active,

carboxylate form when it reaches a water treatment plant, he says. "

Making matters worse, previous studies have confirmed that water treatment

removes ZERO percent of this drug, and appears to have a half-life of

approximately three weeks, once exposed to sunlight.

I bring this up to demonstrate the long-term dangers inherent in our current

drug-based paradigm.

Each time you take a drug like Tamiflu, you not only expose yourself to

potentially serious health risks, you're also contributing to a growing problem

of ever more drug-resistant flu strains that can affect countless others. The

willy-nilly administering of anti-virals goes far beyond just the immediate

health risks – it affects the environment and every living thing in it,

including the human race at the top of the food chain.

The fact remains that there are many FAR BETTER alternatives to anti-viral drugs

and vaccines. These drugs are not essential for human health – nutritious food,

clean water, and an overall healthy lifestyle are.

I've listed my top recommendations for avoiding the flu on many occasions. For a

refresher, you can find that list here.

In addition, should you be forced to take the swine flu shot, please review Dr.

Blaylock's recommendations on what to do in that situation.

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G. Smalling, D.C.