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irishspirit
27th December 2010, 15:50
NaturalNews) Agricultural crops can absorb pharmaceuticals found in the water used to irrigate them or the sewage sludge used to fertilize them, according to a study conducted by researchers from the University of Toledo-Ohio and published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology.

When humans consume pharmaceuticals, active traces of those drugs are excreted in their feces and urine. Modern treatment methods for water and sewage do nothing to remove these biologically active chemicals.

Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/030841_sewage_sludge_crops.html#ixzz19KNjN8xo

Rocky_Shorz
27th December 2010, 19:40
wow, so I guess we're lucky S510 passed to save us from Viagra in our corn...