Area Tap Water Has Traces of Medicines

EPA urges Great Lakes residents not to flush old meds
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) -- With trace amounts of pharmaceuticals showing up in the drinking water of major cities, authorities are encouraging consumers...

Hearings on Tap Water Planned
Several experts said this week that there is no need for people to alter their water-drinking habits for now, despite a journalistic investigation...

Anti-psychotic drug use soars in UK children, too
CHICAGO (AP) -- American children take anti-psychotic medicines at about six times the rate of children in the United Kingdom, according to a...

Scientists obtain anticancer medicines from the elecampe, a wild...
Researchers from the Department of Organic Chemistry of the University of Granada state that the plant can also be used for antimigraine...

Senators rip EPA over lack of knowledge on drugs in water
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Environmental Protection Agency was lambasted during a Senate hearing Tuesday for allowing the American public to learn that...