Damage control

摘要

So, have the questions about how "safe" your department's drinking water is slowed down yet? You know, after the Associated Press (AP) announced in March that at least 41 million Americans are drinking antibiotics, anti-convulsants, anti-depressants, acetaminophen, and other Pharmaceuticals? And that even though the amount they ingest is tiny-parts per billion or trillion-no one knows what the long-term health affects could be? And that many public providers don't test for these chemicals because it's not required by the EPA? And if they do, they often decline to comment on the results because of national security concerns or because they don't want the public to panic?