http://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/969519.html

 

>Scientists are concerned that pharmaceuticals - including anti-depressants
- could seep into the groundwater that is used for drinking water after a
variety of medications have been found in the country's treated waste water
for irrigation.

>Chefetz's findings indicated anti-depression medication, painkillers and
anti-cholesterol drugs, as well as medication to treat epilepsy and heart
medication

>It has already been proven that pharmaceuticals reach drinking water in
other countries. This month, researchers published findings regarding
drinking water in dozens of U.S. cities, most of which contained
concentrations of medications. Chefetz found Carbamazepine, an anti-seizure
medication, in Israeli treated waste water slated for irrigation. That was
one of the medications that appeared in drinking water in the U.S.

 

 

This is a disturbing article about the medications that have been found in
our drinking water, especially if you consider that infants are getting this
water if they are not breastfed.  Yet another reason to breastfeed!!  And,
when moms are concerned that if they take medication it passes to the baby,
at least you know which meds the baby is getting, and of course in minimal
amounts.  Who knows how much they are getting in their bottles?

Mothers should be aware of this information.

 

 

 

 


Esther Grunis, IBCLC

Lis Maternity Hospital

Tel Aviv, Israel

 


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