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Archive Home > 2008 > March > 17 > Could there be traces of drugs in our water?

Could there be traces of drugs in our water?

Small amounts of pharmaceuticals found in 2005 La Pine study, but unlikely in Bend

By Kate Ramsayer / The Bulletin
March 17, 2008

The drugs have to go somewhere.

A recent investigation by The Associated Press found that more than 41 million Americans could have very small amounts of pharmaceuticals in their water supply, including more than 50 different medicines or their byproducts in Philadelphia and four different....

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