AP Investigation Finds Drinking Water Contaminated With Drugs

According to several news sources on March 9th, The Associated Press (AP) conducted an investigation over a period of five months and discovered that an assortment of drugs have been detected in the drinking water supplies of 24 major metropolitan areas serving at least 41 million Americans all over the United States.

Drugs such as antibiotics, anti-convulsants, mood stabilizers, sex hormones, acetaminophen and ibuprofen were found in the water samples taken during the investigation. Although the concentration of the drugs found measured to be in quantities of parts per billion or trillion, far below the levels of a medical dose, the presence of so many prescription and over-the-counter medicines in such a vast amount of our drinking water is raising concerns among scientists about long-term effects on human health.

  Why I Bought A Berkey Water Purifier

 by Isis Kopel

When I moved to Nashville, one of the first things I had on my "to do" list was to get a Berkey® Water Purifier and Heirloom Seeds. Cognizant of the state of affairs of our nation and the severe Earth changes that are taking place, I wanted to be absolutely sure that my family did not lack potable water and food, should a national or worldwide water and food emergency occur. 

I have always been an advocate for self-sufficiency, and getting off the grid and living off the land was also on my list of things to do, but that was towards the bottom of the list. One of the reasons I made it a priority to purchase the Berkey® Water Purifier was because of the possibility of a water shortage due to climate changes and the water restrictions that ensue. If there is a water crisis and our only water supply is a mucky pond, how do we drink this water without getting sick? Another reason, and my main reason, was the ghastly chorine fumes coming from my faucet and from my glass of water. Forget the parasites in the mucky pond, I thought, the chorine will get me first!