Why EPA headquarters Union of
Scientists opposes FLUORIDATION

NTEU Chapter 280 and its individual Executive Board members have signed on to the following Statement of Concern about the science of fluoridation.

Third of male fish in rivers are
changing sex
By FIONA MACRAE, Daily Mail 19:36pm 19th July 2006

A third of male fish in English rivers are changing sex due to 'gender-bending' pollution, alarming research shows.

Experts say female hormones from the contraceptive pill and HRT are being washed into our rivers and causing male fish to produce eggs.

The problem - which is country-wide - has raised fears that the pollutants could also be contaminating our drinking water - and even be affecting the fertility of men.

Damming the Flow of Drugs into Drinking Water
Water Industry News
Author: Pat Hemminger, Environmental Health Perspectives
Published on October 8, 2005

Roughly 100 pharmaceuticals have now been identified in rivers, lakes, and coastal waters throughout Europe and the United States in concentrations of parts per billion to parts per trillion.

The first major European studies on this topic--in journals such as volume 67, issue 1-4 (1997) of the International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry and the November 1998 issue of Water Research--examined German ground and surfaces waters, and found occurrences of drugs including cholesterol regulators, analgesics, and antiseizure medications.