Hidden Drugs in a Dog’s Drinking Water
Jun 7th, 2008 by Teri
In northern New Jersey, you can get a hit of angina medicine right out of the tap, and in Tucson, Arizona you can have some free antibiotics in your H2O.
The Federal government does not have testing in place for drugs in your tap water, and there are no safety limits. Cities like NYC, Miami, Boston and Chicago have no testing for the 9 million people that are using tap water for drinking.
In New York City the health department reports that New Yorkers are getting a free hit of estrogen, anti-convulsing medication, mood stabilizers and tranquilizers. So if you drink tap water in New York City you may either fall asleep often or grow breasts.
Water treatment facilities are not capable of removing the drugs, even with high levels of chorine used to clean the water. If your using tap water it now contains supposedly minute, or small amounts of these drugs. Fish are being affected by it so are pets and what is worse than that is the high levels of bleach or chlorine which is a carcinogen used to clean water. Stronger concentrations of chlorine is used because the water is that dirty that more is needed to ensure the public safety. Although the chlorine will kill you first.
In Europe, drinking water is filtered with carbon, or ozonated to remove harmful pharmaceutical drugs at their treatment facilities. This process actually the ozone can eliminate viruses also. These two types of treatments should be used in keeping drugs out of drinking water in North American water treatment facilities.
Tip of the Day:
Use Filtered water, reverse osmosis, pure mineral water and if that isn’t available boil the water, let cool and keep in the refrigerator for your dog.
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Written By: Teri Salvador
How true this is Teri. I have a large water filter under the kitchen sink and our refrigerator also has a filter. I opted to do this instead of buying bottled water because of the huge problem that empty plastic water bottles is creating in our environment.
Diana
How true Diana, people are trying to do everything they can to stay healthy, and now perscription drugs in our water supply must be filtered with carbon or ozone ( another word for oxygen) to purify it further as they do in Germany. We mus tell our local governments that the water quality is just not good enough, and the drug companies should also be part of the clean up costs.
Thanks for your comments
Teri
The more I hear about what goes on in this world that Governments clearly know about - the more I’m appalled. They preach at the public about this and that and proceed to “cover up” major issues or at least “not publicise” these factors that can and probably will have long term implications on not just animals but humans too.
I agree totally -governments have been lacking in taking action on protecting the health of people and their pets. This is not very well known to most people - and we need better quality management of our water supplies due to the numerous ways water is polluted today. Thanks for your comments.
I heard about all the residue drugs in water several months ago but never thought about dogs and cats. It would affect them twice as fast. I am lucky to still be on well water but no matter what it’s a serious issue for all of us. Great article!