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Thursday, October 28, 2010

Photo: Cocaine, Spices, Hormones Found in Drinking Water


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The water flowing from your tap might be spiked with some unusual ingredients, according to scientists who are investigating what lurks in our freshwater supplies.

Around the world, researchers are finding trace amounts of substances—from heroine and cardamon to rocket fuel and birth control—that might be having unintended consequences for humans and wildlife alike.

Photograph by Michael Probst, AP