Apparently, this has been circling about in the news for a while now. The AP referenced that all the drugs we put in ourselves and in our food are ending up in our water. We’re currently engaged trying to get cities to publicly release the data they have about all the chemicals and that are currently in our water supply.

Down in Philadelphia, they supposedly have over 56 different chemicals, ranging from growth hormones to anti-depressants to liquid cleaners that are building up slowly but surely in the water supply. Chicago reports only 5 chemicals in their water and New York less than 10. A lot of people have a hard time believing that is accurate if another city has so many.

With all this information floating around, it sounds like people are thinking that these chemicals may be affecting children and pregnancies, not to mention fear over what happens if something lethal like mercury builds up to dangerous levels. Hopefully we will either get more accurate data from the water companies or they will put in proper water testing systems so they can track this stuff better. I, for one, would like to know what’s in my water.