{"id":2732,"date":"2020-05-04T03:53:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-03T20:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiopure.com\/vn\/?p=2732"},"modified":"2021-12-09T15:31:11","modified_gmt":"2021-12-09T08:31:11","slug":"are-you-drinking-drugs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiopure.com\/vn\/blog\/2020\/05\/04\/are-you-drinking-drugs\/","title":{"rendered":"Are You Drinking Drugs?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2732\" class=\"elementor elementor-2732\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-627b64b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"627b64b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0c0ed52\" data-id=\"0c0ed52\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a8b1e2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7a8b1e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>One of the most pressing dangers in our drinking water is pharmaceutical drug residues due to its small molecular size (which enables it to penetrate our bodies), potency (a small dose has a big impact) and ability to bypass modern wastewater and water treatment plants as well as most water filtration systems.<\/p><p>More than 100 different pharmaceuticals have been detected in lakes, rivers, reservoirs and streams throughout the world in Asia, Australia, Canada and Europe \u2013 even in Swiss lakes and the North Sea.<\/p><p>How do drugs get into our drinking water?<\/p><ol class=\"library-ol\"><li><strong>Drug consumption<\/strong><br \/>Many drugs end up in toilets, unmetabolised by our body or flushed down the toilet, thus entering sewage treatment plants. Drugs that are not properly disposed of can also contaminate underground water sources via landfills.<\/li><li><strong>Healthcare industry<\/strong><br \/>Hospitals and long-term care facilities in the U.S. throw away an estimated 113.4 million kilogrammes of unused drugs and contaminated packaging annually.<\/li><li><strong>Agriculture and aquaculture<\/strong><br \/>Antibiotics and other drugs are given to animals as part of veterinary treatments, and residues and farm runoffs frequently enter streams and river systems. Drug residues have also been found in water used for aquaculture.<\/li><li><strong>Pharmaceutical facilities<\/strong><br \/>In a study by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from 2004-2009, it was discovered that wastewater treated near pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities contained 10-1,000 higher concentrations of drugs.<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-8a67f3f elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8a67f3f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-052891e\" data-id=\"052891e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f7f9d6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3f7f9d6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\tDrugs, including cholesterol medications, tranquilisers and anti-epileptic medications, resist modern drinking water and wastewater treatment processes. Up to 90% of pharmaceuticals pass through the human body into sewage treatment plants which are not designed to remove them. On top of that, drinking water treatment plants often add chlorine to disinfect water, which may even increase the toxicity of some drugs!\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-918cf55\" data-id=\"918cf55\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1da5676 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1da5676\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"227\" src=\"https:\/\/ebiopure.com\/vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2020\/05\/wsss-wq-phamaceuticals-environment-poster-300x227-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-5519\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-scientist.com\/features\/drugging-the-environment-35077\" target=\"_blank\">The Scientist<\/a><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c24e8c9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c24e8c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>According to a report by the Associated Press, one technology that can remove virtually all pharmaceutical contaminants in drinking water is reverse osmosis. Even though all drinking water treatment plants can adopt this technology, it is expensive to replace their existing systems as well as highly impractical as about 99% of treated water delivered to households are used for bathing, flushing toilets, cleaning purposes, gardening and so on.<\/p><p>This puts the onus on the individual consumers to purify their own drinking water via home treatment systems. Good systems are not necessarily the most popular or well known. What is most important is the technology that they utilise as well as certification by independent bodies such as the WQA Gold Seal.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the most pressing dangers in our drinking water is pharmaceutical drug residues due to its small molecular size (which enables it to penetrate our bodies), potency (a small dose has a big impact) and ability to bypass modern wastewater and water treatment plants as well as most water filtration systems. 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