Fish in U.S. Rivers Tainted With Common Medications

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I find it amazing that the EPA won't act to regulate this pollution of our waterways and ecology with pharmaceuticals, yet they wage a massive campaign to "protect the environment" from safe, natural silver (see www.ColloidalSilverSecrets.blogspot.com)
It is absolutely ridiculous that a substance that comes from the environment in the first place (i.e., silver) needs to be regulated into oblivion as a "potential threat to the environment," when they won't life a finger to regulate a very REAL and fully documented threat to the environment like drugs in the water supply.

spencer jones of AZ 6:28PM April 06, 2009

This crap needs to stop, period. We are simply going to have to figure out a different way of disposing of sewage and/or effluent or we will have to change our sewage treatment somehow so that it gets rid of every little trace of these drugs and other pollutants that are going into our rivers, wells, groundwater and aquatic creatures! This is completely unacceptable.

Boone of MT 11:37AM April 06, 2009

i would be curious as to what degree measured, be that ppm or ppb, and for what other chemicals that were searched for. the galaxolide and tonalide findings are telling. though i never try to enhance the fish odor of my fillets.

tod hunter foulk of OR 7:09AM April 06, 2009