USA Today reports that hospitals and other healthcare facilities flush 250 million pounds of pharmaceuticals each year – and those drugs end up in America’s drinking water.

Even more pharmaceuticals end up into the water supply after unmetabolized medicine is excreted and then flushed.

At least 46 million Americans are drinking water contaminated by pharmaceuticals.

Even in extremely diluted concentrations, many pharmaceutical residues affect the normal development of human cells. Pharmaceutical pollution also harms fish, frogs, and other aquatic species.

Scientists in Davis County, UT linked drug dumping to the spread of antibiotic resistant germs as well as genetic mutations that may promote cancer.

The EPA is looking at ways to regulate the amount of pharmaceutical waste released into waterways.

For now, it’s up to you to rid your drinking water of dangerous drugs.

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