Comments on: Pharmaceuticals In Our Drinking Water http://joecrubaugh.com/blog/2008/03/11/pharmaceuticals-in-our-drinking-water/ A dissident twist of reality... Sun, 19 Feb 2012 02:32:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: wastewater diffuser http://joecrubaugh.com/blog/2008/03/11/pharmaceuticals-in-our-drinking-water/comment-page-1/#comment-53470 wastewater diffuser Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:06:55 +0000 http://joecrubaugh.com/blog/2008/03/11/pharmaceuticals-in-our-drinking-water/#comment-53470 Birth-control pills can curb the reproduction of more than just the women taking them. Scientists have found that synthetic estrogen -- a common ingredient in oral contraceptives -- can drastically reduce the fertility of male rainbow trout. The man-made compounds are showing up in waterways around the nation -- pumped into rivers, lakes awith water from sewage-treatment plants. And they're being found at levels that can harm fish, possibly even struggling salmon populations. Birth-control pills can curb the reproduction of more than just the women taking them. Scientists have found that synthetic estrogen — a common ingredient in oral contraceptives — can drastically reduce the fertility of male rainbow trout.

The man-made compounds are showing up in waterways around the nation — pumped into rivers, lakes awith water from sewage-treatment plants. And they’re being found at levels that can harm fish, possibly even struggling salmon populations.

]]> By: Detoxer http://joecrubaugh.com/blog/2008/03/11/pharmaceuticals-in-our-drinking-water/comment-page-1/#comment-32353 Detoxer Fri, 14 Mar 2008 19:49:00 +0000 http://joecrubaugh.com/blog/2008/03/11/pharmaceuticals-in-our-drinking-water/#comment-32353 This is a serious problem and is another consequence of our prescription drug epidemic. Somehow we have become convinced that we no longer have to confront our problems but simply take a pill to not handle the problem but hide the symptoms. As the director of Novus Medical Detox, I daily see the ravages caused by prescription drug addiction created by doctors prescribing it to their patients and then the patients either continuing to obtain it or purchasing these drugs on the internet or the street. Probably the worst of these drugs is OxyContin--legal heroin. Pain is real. I have had to deal with it much of my life first from polio and then from two surgeries. However, there are alternatives to painkillers and they must be tried first. Let's not treat the symptoms but the cause. Prescription drug addiction is an epidemic and we must do everything we can to stop it before it overwhelms us. Education is a must. Detox and rehab are the only solutions for people who are addicted and have decided that they must change their lives. We also have to properly dispose of the drugs that we clean out of our medicine cabinets. Steve Hayes http://novusdetox.com This is a serious problem and is another consequence of our prescription drug epidemic. Somehow we have become convinced that we no longer have to confront our problems but simply take a pill to not handle the problem but hide the symptoms.

As the director of Novus Medical Detox, I daily see the ravages caused by prescription drug addiction created by doctors prescribing it to their patients and then the patients either continuing to obtain it or purchasing these drugs on the internet or the street. Probably the worst of these drugs is OxyContin–legal heroin.

Pain is real. I have had to deal with it much of my life first from polio and then from two surgeries. However, there are alternatives to painkillers and they must be tried first. Let’s not treat the symptoms but the cause.

Prescription drug addiction is an epidemic and we must do everything we can to stop it before it overwhelms us. Education is a must. Detox and rehab are the only solutions for people who are addicted and have decided that they must change their lives.

We also have to properly dispose of the drugs that we clean out of our medicine cabinets.

Steve Hayes
http://novusdetox.com

]]> By: Xman http://joecrubaugh.com/blog/2008/03/11/pharmaceuticals-in-our-drinking-water/comment-page-1/#comment-32352 Xman Fri, 14 Mar 2008 13:33:52 +0000 http://joecrubaugh.com/blog/2008/03/11/pharmaceuticals-in-our-drinking-water/#comment-32352 Got a colonoscopy short time ago. Whatever drug they gave me (morphine?), WOW! Good thing I didn't know about it in my experimenting days. Now, if I could accidentally get some of it out of my tap...... Got a colonoscopy short time ago. Whatever drug they gave me (morphine?), WOW! Good thing I didn’t know about it in my experimenting days. Now, if I could accidentally get some of it out of my tap……

]]> By: JoeC http://joecrubaugh.com/blog/2008/03/11/pharmaceuticals-in-our-drinking-water/comment-page-1/#comment-32349 JoeC Thu, 13 Mar 2008 11:29:25 +0000 http://joecrubaugh.com/blog/2008/03/11/pharmaceuticals-in-our-drinking-water/#comment-32349 Pelmo: thanks for the Rome: Power and Glory tip. From what I've heard, Rome extended its empire a little too far and too thin and at the same time it rotted from the inside, and History does seem to be repeating. Jodi: Cheers back at ya! Pelmo: thanks for the Rome: Power and Glory tip. From what I’ve heard, Rome extended its empire a little too far and too thin and at the same time it rotted from the inside, and History does seem to be repeating.

Jodi: Cheers back at ya!

]]> By: Jodi http://joecrubaugh.com/blog/2008/03/11/pharmaceuticals-in-our-drinking-water/comment-page-1/#comment-32347 Jodi Wed, 12 Mar 2008 17:53:02 +0000 http://joecrubaugh.com/blog/2008/03/11/pharmaceuticals-in-our-drinking-water/#comment-32347 Cheers! Cheers!

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