Here are some news stories pertaining to the study...

**Study Shows Nation's Streams Medicine Cabinet Of Chemicals - The Press of
Atlantic City - 3/13/2002
http://sierraactivist.org/article.php?sid=7491

You don't need to go to the drugstore to get a dose of birth-control pills,
caffeine or cold medicine. Just drink from a stream. Streams in New Jersey
and across the country are awash in a veritable soup of pharmaceuticals,
hormones and other organic products that don't break down in our bodies or
during wastewater treatment, according to a U.S. Geological Survey study
published today.

**Stream Tests Show Traces Of Array Of Contaminants - New York Times -
3/13/2002
http://sierraactivist.org/article.php?sid=7435

Water downstream from many sewage treatment plants and livestock herds
contains traces of dozens of drugs, disinfectants, hormones, chemicals
excreted by smokers and other contaminants, according to the first
nationwide survey for such compounds by government scientists.

**A Hidden Polluter: Our Shelves - Philadelphia Inquirer - 3/13/2002
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/front/2849065.htm

A government analysis shows the nation's waterways are awash in traces of
chemicals used in beauty aids, medications, cleaners and foods. Among the
substances: caffeine, contraceptives, painkillers, insect repellent,
perfumes and nicotine. Scientists say these substances largely escape
regulation and defy municipal wastewater treatment. The long-term effects of
exposure are unclear, they say.

**Drug Wastes Pollute Waterways - Washington Post - 3/13/2002
http://sierraactivist.org/article.php?sid=7468

The first nationwide study of pharmaceutical pollution of rivers and streams
offers an unsettling picture of waterways contaminated with antibiotics,
steroids, synthetic hormones and other commonly used drugs.

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