Sludge Watch ==> Pennsylvania to study drugs in the water

[maureen.reilly at sympatico.ca]

Sludgewatch Admin

Study Drugs in the Water?  That is looking at the most diluted end of the 
problem!  We need to see studies of drugs into the sewer and drugs in the 
sludge and effluent and combined sewer overflows!

We human beings are not exactly the 'canary in the coal mine' of sensitve 
species.  We need to look what  quality water we are making other species 
live in and drink.

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PA to Study Drugs in Water



>From Water Tech Online, 5-18-06.  PA Will Study Drugs in Water. Gov. Edward 
G. Rendell has announced a partnership with the federal government to study 
the amount of prescription and non-prescription chemicals in the drinking 
water sources of central Pennsylvania, according to a May 18 press release. 
The state's Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) began the study 
with the Pennsylvania Water Science Center at the U.S. Geologic Survey in 
February, and sampling will be performed on a quarterly basis, leading to a 
final report in 2007, the release said.

The goal of the study is to screen for pharmaceutical and antibiotic 
compounds present in streams and groundwater sources of drinking water in 
south-central Pennsylvania, and then to determine their concentrations, the 
release said. According to the announcement, the study also will suggest the 
sources of the compounds and determine seasonal variations in their 
concentrations.

To read the entire press release, visit:

http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/05-18-2006/0004364629&EDATE=.