Cocaine, Ecstasy Detected In Waters Of L'Albufera National Park In Valencia, Spain

sciencedaily.com:

The water in the canals and irrigation channels in the L'Albufera Natural Park in Valencia contain cocaine, ecstasy and a further six drugs. This has been confirmed by a study carried out by researchers from the University of Valencia (UV), who have issued a warning about the continued presence of these substances on wildlife and human health.

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Comments

[getoffmedz]

11:10 AM on 09/27/2010

Testing for pharmaceuticals in city waters in the U.S. should be mandatory.

[SaddieMcCall]

11:35 PM on 09/26/2010

And still there are people who believe that you can throw something "away".

[undsoweiter]

06:56 PM on 09/26/2010

The most common found in US surface water are antibiotics and antidepressants. With antibiotic resistant bacteria on the rise, it is only a matter of time before one of them develops a positive, can-do attitude.
It is telling, the difference between US and Euro water. It seems that they are having a heck of a lot more fun than we are.

[life-of-riley]

06:50 AM on 09/24/2010

What happens when you go through Immigration "Services" after a final swim, and the dog starts barking at YOU?

No, I honestly officer, I.....................(Midnight Express?)

[addisonsteele]

03:03 PM on 09/23/2010

Several years ago, researchers in England tested the Thames River down stream from London to check on the effectiveness of sewage-treatment plants. They detected cocaine in the river. Around the same time, scientists in Rome, who were testing the air for acids and other chemicals that might damage the ancient buildings, detected cocaine in the air.

Cocaine is ubiquitous in Europe.

[PigsOnSoma]

12:41 PM on 09/23/2010

I bet if you tested further you would find Ritalin, Prozac, cialis, birth control meds, pesticides, herbicides, etc.., etc... as well.

[tobynsaunders]

05:32 PM on 09/22/2010

I was exposed non-consensually to methamphetmine at the University of West Georgia (one of the worst things to ever happen to me) here in the US & after exposure I was made more aware of the trace amounts of the drug in the water here; I wish this was a whacky conspiracy theory, but it's been demonstrated with modern technology that trace amounts of prescription-drugs are found in city water, so OF COURSE there is meth in the water. After taking a shower I could feel the difference. If the techonology improved, these drugs found in canals & irrigation chanels would be (in all liklihood) found in the filtered water that people drink too... I don't know, 1 part per, what, 2 billion? I don't know the ratio.

[PigsOnSoma]

12:43 PM on 09/23/2010

Whatever we take, we excrete - usually into the water. It goes beyond mercury poisoning - which has already been proven to cause birth defects in Inuit children, since they primarily consume fish.