prozac in drinking water ?
 

enviromentalists are concerned about the rate of prozac found in water drinking supplys.

source: guardian.co.uk

http://politics.guardian.co.uk/green...278839,00.html

could there be a long term affect in areas where concentrations of the drug are found ?

Re: prozac in drinking water ?
 

Apparently they used to have it piped into the drink vending machines at ntl, but cost cutting has meant it no longer happens and thats probably why all the employees have become so depressed now they are able to look at things with a clear head. :rolleyes:

Re: prozac in drinking water ?
 

Until they drank some of the water, and then they didn't really care all that muich.... :)

Re: prozac in drinking water ?
 

I don't see why they didn't find the drug in the water before it started to get bigger. Disgusting I think.

Re: prozac in drinking water ?
 

Maby it's time I had that osmotic water filtering system fitted at home :erm: :(

Re: prozac in drinking water ?
 

Trouble is it wastes so much water processing it :(

And you'd need to put back some of the minerals

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Dang.. No wonder Im so happy at work drinking all that water O_o

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**goes off to drink a gallon of water**

Re: prozac in drinking water ?
 

No wonder a lot of medical advice is to drink more water.

Re: prozac in drinking water ?
 

Know much about it?.....Any pointers?

Re: prozac in drinking water ?
 

im glad i started drinking volvic only months ago :p:

Re: prozac in drinking water ?
 

I don't like 'soft' water, but looking at the other risks, like cryptosporidium, it makes you wonder - the reverse osmosis method seems the best to me, at least it doesn't just replace calcium with sodium, like some methods do :shrug:

Re: prozac in drinking water ?
 

Not that much but I do know that they waste about 90% of the water you put through them making them a little impractical if your on a water meter :(

Theres a good article here:

http://www.ext.nodak.edu/extpubs/h2o...m#disadvantage

Edit- Thinking about it an activated charcoal filter may remove Prozac from the water as it traps organic/complex molecules. Worth looking into as they should be a lot cheaper!

Re: prozac in drinking water ?
 

It seems that some RO systems have charcol filters built in as well.
I'm not metered but I don't like the idea of wasting that much water.........

Re: prozac in drinking water ?
 

good link & edit, but what would you recommend as a downline sensor for organics - just a tds meter won't do ;)

Re: prozac in drinking water ?
 

Trout in a tank? :disturbd: ;)

Personally I like the taste of chlorine/chloramine in the water, kinda reassuring.

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Well at least if the fish are going to die, they wont feel depressed about it :P

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Will the Brita carts take this stuff out? My Fridge has an inline filter (thats where the drinking water and ice comes from) and I've one of those Brita kettles with the built in filter. I've noticed the kettle furs up slower as a result.
...reporting from hard water Hertford.

Re: prozac in drinking water ?
 

As far as I'm aware the Britta cartridges are only perform ion exchange, they just swap one ion with another, generally sodium.

If they have an activated carbon section to them then possibly but without testing one in a lab we wouldn't know.