Pharmaceuticals found in nation’s drinking water
The concentrations are tiny, but variety is heightening worries among scientists of long-term consequences to human health By JEFF DONN, MARTHA MENDOZA and JUSTIN PRITCHARD Associated Press EDITOR’S NOTE —The nation’s drinking water supplies are not as pristine as might be expected — traces of pharmaceuticals are all too common, an Associated Press investigation finds. A vast array of pharmaceuticals — including antibiotics, anti-convulsants, mood stabilizers and sex hormones — have been found in the drinking water supplies of at…