Prozac 'found in drinking water'

With the push for the 'Lib Dems' to take over the political situation in the UK, you could put in that the prozac in the water is the reason. Is the push for socialism in the UK and the prozac in everyone's drinking water just coincidence, or intervention from within the political system rulers?!? Could this be the new mind control solution for 'Big Brother'? I imagine that only time will tell. But if there is a strong push for socialism in one particular section of the US, I think that someone needs to check the water supply fast. The conspiracy is plausible and with the way things are going in the world, it is actually highly possible.

Now off to the facts!

Traces of the antidepressant Prozac can be found in the nation's drinking water, it has been revealed.

An Environment Agency report suggests so many people are taking the drug nowadays it is building up in rivers and groundwater.

A report in Sunday's Observer says the government's environment watchdog has discussed the impact for human health.

A spokesman for the Drinking Water Inspectorate (DWI) said the Prozac found was most likely highly diluted.

'Alarming'

TThe newspaper says environmentalists are calling for an urgent investigation into the evidence.

It quotes the Liberal Democrats' environment spokesman, Norman Baker MP, as saying the picture emerging looked like "a case of hidden mass medication upon the unsuspecting public".

He says: "It is alarming that there is no monitoring of levels of Prozac and other pharmacy residues in our drinking water."

Experts say the anti-depression drug gets into the rivers and water system via treated sewage water.

Prescriptions increase

The DWI said the Prozac was unlikely to pose a health risk as it was so "watered down".

The Observer says the revelations raise new fears over how many prescriptions for the drug are given out by doctors.

In the decade leading up to 2001, the number of prescriptions for antidepressants went up from nine million per year to 24 million per year, says the paper.

The Environment Agency report concluded that the Prozac in the water table could be potentially toxic and said the drug was a "potential concern".

The exact amount of Prozac in the nation's drinking water is not known.

BBC News Online

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