Drugs in the Water Supply

Posted by Hellboy on March 19, 2008

Here’s the list of the 28 areas with pharmaceuticals detected, with the number found and some examples:

– Arlington, Texas: 5 (unspecified drugs)

– Atlanta: 10 (including caffeine, sulfamethoxazole, diltiazem, acetaminophen, trimethoprim, cotinine and paraxanthine)

– Cincinnati: 4 (gemfibrozil, ibuprofen, sulfamethaxazole and ethinyl estradiol)

– Columbus, Ohio: 15 (including azithromycin, erythromycin, roxithromycin, tylosin, ciprofloxacin, ofloxacin and caffeine)

– Concord, Calif.: (unspecified drugs)

– Denver: (unspecified antibiotics)

– Detroit: (unspecified total; including carbamazepine, caffeine, cotinine)

– Fairfax, Va.: 8 (erythromycin, lincomycin, trimethoprim, tylosin, ciprofloxacin, ofloxacin and sulfamethoxazole)

– Indianapolis: 2 (caffeine and cotinine)

– Las Vegas: 9 (including sulfamethoxazole, atenolol, trimethoprim, meprobamate, phenytoin, carbamazepine and gemfibrozil)

– Long Beach, Calif.: 9 (unspecified drugs)

– Los Angeles: 9 (unspecified drugs)

– Louisville, Ky.: 2 (ibuprofen and naproxen)

– Milwaukee: 1 (cotinine)

– Minneapolis: 3 (acetaminophen, caffeine and cotinine)

– New York City: 16 (including atenolol, trimethoprim, carbamazepine, ibuprofen, estrogen, acetaminophen and diazepam)

– Northern New Jersey: 13 (including acetaminophen, carbamazepine, codeine, dehydronifedipine, erythromycin, lincomycin and sulfadimethoxine)

– Oklahoma City: 12 (including acetaminophen, fluoxetine, gemfibrozil, ibuprofen, iopromide, sulfamethoxazole and iopromide)

– Omaha, Neb.: 2 (caffeine and sulfamethoxazole)

– Philadelphia: 63 (including amoxicillin, aspirin, atorvastatin, bacitracin, diclofenac, phenytoin and fluoxetine)

– Prince George’s-Montgomery counties, Md.: 3 (caffeine, carbamazepine and cotinine)

– Riverside County, Calif.: 9 (unspecified drugs)

– San Diego: 12 (clofibrate, clofibric acid, ibuprofen and nine unspecified)

– San Francisco: 1 (estrone)

– Santa Clara, Calif.: (unspecified drugs)

– Southern California: 9 (including atenolol, phenytoin, fluoxetine, gemfibrozil, meprobamate, naproxen and trimethoprim)

– Virginia Beach, Va.: 4 (fluoxetine, estradiol, acetaminophen and ibuprofen)

– Washington, D.C.: 5 (monensin, ibuprofen, caffeine, carbamazepine and sulfamethoxazole)

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