A new study published in Environmental
Toxicology and Chemistry, has
found that fish are contaminated with a
chemical cocktail of prescription medications.
The researchers examined
fresh-water fish caught in a variety of
locations, testing them for residues of
pharmaceuticals. The results were
shocking. The fish were found to be
contaminated with seven different pharmaceuticals,
including cholesterol
drugs, blood pressure drugs, allergy
drugs and psychiatric medications used
to treat bipolar disorder and depression.
The researchers concluded that it is
clear from this research that pharmaceuticals
have become a widespread source
of chemical pollution that has permeated
delicate aquatic ecosystems and now
poses a serious threat to our environment.
Every pill of every pharmaceutical
that is manufactured eventually ends
up in the environment. Close to half are
simply flushed down the toilet or
washed down the drains, which remains
standard practice at hospitals.
To date, there have been no safety
tests conducted on the combinations of
pharmaceuticals that are being found in
public water supplies, waterways and
oceans. It is foolish to think that this is
safe since we know these chemicals are
designed to be biologically active drugs.
And of course, none of these toxic drugs
would be there if people weren’t foolish
enough to take them in the first place.
There is a safer, less expensive and more 

effective alternative to every prescription 

drug.