Drugs in Our Drinking Water?

Here's another argument against drinking bottled water -- ain't nuthin' but a party, y'all!

Painkillers and other drugs that are flushed down toilets will inevitably pour out of household taps in trace amounts around the world, a University of Toronto expert says.

Civil engineer Ron Hofmann, who specializes in drinking-water toxins, says a recent report finding painkillers, antibiotics and cholesterol-lowering drugs in the water coming from 15 southern Ontario treatment plants was "not surprising at all" to people in the field.

"There's a raft of studies that show these (drugs) are coming through the waste water treatment plants." he said.

Hofmann said the drugs enter the water supply when people pass trace amounts of unmetabolized medications through their urine, or throw unused pills down the sink or toilet.

Read the Toronto Star story.