by: Jeff Donn
Associated Press
9/12/08
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Summary:
A large group of drugs have been found in drinking water for over
41 million Americans. This is causing concern for the long-term health of
consumers. So how do the drugs get into our water? People take pills and when
they are taken, they are washed down the toilet through waste. Then when they
go through the process of cleansing again for water, some of the drug
residue is still not removed. The AP National Investigative Team reviewed that Philadelphia
Opinion/Reflection:
Personally, I think that it is ridiculous that there are still
drugs in our water today. How can we possibly still have drugs in our water
when we have the highest of technology then ever before? We should most
definitely be able to test if there is or isn't drugs in the water. We
shouldn't have to worry about anything in between.
Questions:
How can we save our water through testing?
What effect will this have over a long period of time for us
humans?
Why do you think no one is doing anything about this?
Who's fault is this?
This is crazy that drugs can be in the water. You think that everything is safe but it really could be dangourous. Just to think that there could be harmful drugs in our water around us.
ReplyDelete1. How are the drugs getting through the cleansing procedure?
2. Will there ever be no drugs in any of our water?
3. Why have there been stronger steps to syop the drugs being in the water?
I wasn't able to find an email for the author of this article but I was able to find an email for reading editor Brent Jones. Here is what I said:
ReplyDeleteHello. I am a high school student at hatboro- horsham high school. Our class are doing blogs and we recently did it on one of your articles. It was called AP: Drugs found in drinking water. If the author of this article would like to look/respond to our blog, that would be great. Here is the link below:
http://fivepeoplethatdonthaveaname.blogspot.com/2012/10/drugs-found-in-drinking-water-by-jeff_27.html
Thank you,
Carlea Stremme
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPpXJ0zCSAM&feature=related
ReplyDeleteThis video is a great video to expand on what is in your water, how the drugs get into your water, and ways to find out what is in your water. This video helped me better understand the affect of having drugs in our water. Even though it is very small trace amounts of drugs in the water it still may have an effect on us! It also tells you how bottle water is not necessarily better than tap water! I suggest watching this video and finding out more about the drugs in our water!
Why do you think no one is doing anything about this?
ReplyDelete-I don't think that anyone is doing anything about this because it is so expensive to provide research and to clean the water so they haven't done anything to resolve the problem yet.
Who's fault is this?
-I think this is everybody's fault. According to the article, it says the drugs are getting there through the waste of humans. That makes it our fault. Even if the drugs you are taking are prescribed to you, you are still contributing to the problem. It is also the people who are taking drugs that are not prescribed to them and are over-using them. Not only are they contributing to the problem but they are making it worse. Its also the government's fault for not putting a plan in action to resolve the problem and helping to clean our water.