Pharmaceutical manufacturers are dumping drugs and drug manufacturing by-products into rivers that are sources for human drinking water. Most drinking water providers do not remove the toxic drug by-products.
The federal government continues to fail to regulate.
Tons of released drugs taint US water
April 20th, 2009 By JEFF DONN, MARTHA MENDOZA and JUSTIN PRITCHARD , Associated Press Writers
(AP) -- U.S. manufacturers, including major drugmakers, have legally released at least 271 million pounds of pharmaceuticals into waterways that often provide drinking water - contamination the federal government has consistently overlooked, according to an Associated Press investigation.
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