I saw this today:
CBS) It's a ritual at nursing homes across the country that few outsiders ever witness.
Brand new medicine left over from patients whose prescriptions changed, who were discharged or passed away, is methodically punched out of unopened blister packs and, unbelievably, flushed down the toilet, CBS News investigative correspondent Sharyl Attkisson reports
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/04/11/eveningnews/main4010772.shtmlPeople knew this was happening for a long time but they just obey their boss..Even a nurse who saw patients in the ER suffering for the lack of the very medications they could not afford,that she flushed away.
http://lists.dep.state.fl.us/pipermail/pharmwaste/2005-July/000155.htmlhttp://www.sun-sentinel.com/features/health/sns-ap-prescription-drugs,0,2080430.storyWhat led me to think about this:
(AP) -- A vast array of pharmaceuticals -- including antibiotics, anti-convulsants, mood stabilizers and sex hormones -- have been found in the drinking water supplies of at least 41 million Americans, an Associated Press investigation shows.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/03/10/pharma.water1.ap/http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bay_environment/blog/2008/03/drugs_in_drinking_water.htmlHere’s the good news—Americans are finally getting free pharmaceutical grade drugs. Now here’s the bad new—we don’t get to pick which drugs. At least 41 millions Americans are ingesting daily a potentially dangerous cocktail of antibiotics, anti-convulsants, mood stabilizers and sex hormones every time they have a glass of water, shows an Associated Press investigation.
While researchers do not know what risks result from decades of persistent exposure to random combinations of pharmaceuticals, they know it can’t be good. Recent studies have found that these low-level combos can have an alarming effect on human cells and wildlife.
http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2008/03/prescription-dr.htmlAnd this: and the thing that gets me is why?
Trashing public water supplies is good for the water BUSINESS.
http://www.indiaresource.org/issues/water/2003/trashingwater.htmlMore shock doctrine..capitalism designed to destroy and sell the fix..
So regulations for public health never seem to fix the problem on PURPOSE.
Anything for PROFIT!! Because if you cannot drink the tap,can't drink from the rivers or lakes ..where can you get safe water to drink? If it is all polluted ?
http://www.indiegogo.com/project/view/120Why you'll have to BUY it from the fucking Water profiteers.
And their filtration system..promises...yeah right.
In Johannesburg you have to pre pay for water..It's METERED.Like a long distance phone card..
http://www.zmag.org/sustainers/content/2003-08/04bond.cfm.http://www.alternet.org/water/81301/?page=entireIt's not just in places like India it's already started in Florida.
http://www.whoseflorida.com/water_man.htm