Statins in our drinking water?!
I’ll never drink tap water again if this happens. In fact, I won’t drink any water I don’t catch my own tank.
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If They Do This, I’ll Never Drink Water Again
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I would sincerely hope the source you linked is not credible.
I hope this is a joke.
Bureaucrats… finding new ways to waste the resources of the productive members of society. How about figuring out if fluoride is actually safe before putting more toxins in the water? Oh wait, that’d be a productive thing to do…
I’d rather they just leave us alone. Scratch that … I’d rather they undo all their stupid programs, then leave us alone.
Huh. I don’t drink tap water NOW!
Wow. That was some of the scariest stuff I have ever read. My grandfather used to be up in arms over fluoridation in the ’80’s, if he were alive today, he would just tell me, “I told you so”.
What a sad state of affairs. I would probably just catch rainwater then, and use that instead.
My wife wants us to buy a mini-farm type property. If we do, digging a well is looking smarter and smarter.
Time to buy shares in pfizer?
I couldn’t handle the guilt.
Or move…scary stuff.
I hope this is a joke.
I think that’s an old conspiracy theory.
Let’s hope.
Honestly, I did not read the whole article. Why? It was too terrifying. I live in British Columbia Canada. They say we have some of the most purest water in the world. Which I do believe! Well….guess what?? I got super sick, major sick, when I once lived in a Townhouse complex. I had been warned there were drinking water issues from a previous tenant. Did I listen? I was sick for 3 months. I was in hell. Total hell. My neighbor had the exact symptoms. Only he went to the Dr. I did not dare. (highly allergic to anti-biotics) The Dr. asked, have you been traveling, or out of the country? He said no. They then said they would have to notify our local Capital Regional District, to notify them of possible toxins. Add to that, I have a nephew that works for our local Water Board. He maintains, our water is some of the purist in all the world! I believe him. However, I do recall some issues with our watershed that year..won’t go into detail, but lets just say there were some critters in that water! Ever since then, I have had a few bad experiences with tap water. (maybe this is the result of Beaver Fever?) I finally decided, no more tap water. Purified water is the only way I will go. I think what happened, is I contracted a virus, a bug, and so far as I can tell, I will no longer ever again be able to drink tap water. Too many experiences have show me otherwise. Thank you for this post, I would love to hear other peoples experiences.
Our tap water has been fine, but if they do this, I won’t drink it anymore.
I would sincerely hope the source you linked is not credible.
I hope this is a joke.
Bureaucrats… finding new ways to waste the resources of the productive members of society. How about figuring out if fluoride is actually safe before putting more toxins in the water? Oh wait, that’d be a productive thing to do…
I’d rather they just leave us alone. Scratch that … I’d rather they undo all their stupid programs, then leave us alone.
Huh. I don’t drink tap water NOW!
Wow. That was some of the scariest stuff I have ever read. My grandfather used to be up in arms over fluoridation in the ’80’s, if he were alive today, he would just tell me, “I told you so”.
What a sad state of affairs. I would probably just catch rainwater then, and use that instead.
My wife wants us to buy a mini-farm type property. If we do, digging a well is looking smarter and smarter.
Glad we have our own underground water supply.
I’ll dig a well.
Time to buy shares in pfizer?
I couldn’t handle the guilt.
Or move…scary stuff.
I hope this is a joke.
I hope this is just an ‘April fool’ type sick joke. But knowing how government and big business have behaved over the last few decades, nothing would surprise me.
Let’s hope this isn’t a serious proposal.
I think that’s an old conspiracy theory.
Let’s hope.
Honestly, I did not read the whole article. Why? It was too terrifying. I live in British Columbia Canada. They say we have some of the most purest water in the world. Which I do believe! Well….guess what?? I got super sick, major sick, when I once lived in a Townhouse complex. I had been warned there were drinking water issues from a previous tenant. Did I listen? I was sick for 3 months. I was in hell. Total hell. My neighbor had the exact symptoms. Only he went to the Dr. I did not dare. (highly allergic to anti-biotics) The Dr. asked, have you been traveling, or out of the country? He said no. They then said they would have to notify our local Capital Regional District, to notify them of possible toxins. Add to that, I have a nephew that works for our local Water Board. He maintains, our water is some of the purist in all the world! I believe him. However, I do recall some issues with our watershed that year..won’t go into detail, but lets just say there were some critters in that water! Ever since then, I have had a few bad experiences with tap water. (maybe this is the result of Beaver Fever?) I finally decided, no more tap water. Purified water is the only way I will go. I think what happened, is I contracted a virus, a bug, and so far as I can tell, I will no longer ever again be able to drink tap water. Too many experiences have show me otherwise. Thank you for this post, I would love to hear other peoples experiences.
Our tap water has been fine, but if they do this, I won’t drink it anymore.
Glad we have our own underground water supply.
I’ll dig a well.
I already have a filter on my kitchen tap, but I don’t think it would help in this case. Time to start buying bottled (in glass) water.
I think I’d be justified in putting it under my medical writeoffs for taxes.
I think this proposal is probably a joke, but if it did happen, buying bottled water wouldn’t necessarily help. A lot of the big-name brands of bottled water are just filtered water from municipal water systems.
I can’t believe this could be true, for the simple reason that pregnant women are told to go off their statins by their doctors as soon as they find out they’re pregnant. This would effectively put all pregnant woman on statins.
I suspect this is an exaggerated old story, that is being recirculated. Or at least I certainly hope so!!!
If someone did float the idea, it probably wasn’t taken seriously. But by the way, one of my Facebook friends is pregnant and her doctor wanted her to go on statins anyway.
Gosh I wonder it the Brita will filter out statins !!
I hope this is just an ‘April fool’ type sick joke. But knowing how government and big business have behaved over the last few decades, nothing would surprise me.
Let’s hope this isn’t a serious proposal.
This would be insane and probably lawsuit worthy.
If memory serves me right, Dr. Eades mentioned this once.. some doctor with a ridiculous name (can’t remember it?) at some prestigous meeting or conference actually suggested this. Pretty sure that’s where this started, and ended.
I’m not sure it was ever a serious proposal. Going from requiring a prescription to putting the stuff in the water is one heck of a big leap. You’d think there’d at least be the intermin step of going over-the-counter, as in Britain.
I hope this shot down quickly. It’s lunacy. I’m sure the drug companies are in ecstasy over this proposal. I’m with you – I’ll dig a well.
Just a wild guess, but it could be arising from this January 2011 editorial at MedPage: http://www.medpagetoday.com/Columns/24259
It seems a meta-analysis has found statins useful in reducing the odds of developing venous thromboembolism, deep vein thrombosis, and pulmonary embolism. If I am reading this right, the editorialist, Dr. Lundberg, feels this fuels a hands-on call for the polypill, and yes, possibly statins in the drinking water.
I’m with you Tom, that’s just unacceptable.
Speaking as a former reporter, this looks like a totally bogus report. There is no attribution to any individual or agency and no attempt to verify the information. May I respectfully suggest that before these things are posted that they be checked out and possibly debunked? Otherwise, it just adds to the rumor mill, people are needlessly scared, and it could undermine the credibility of your Web site and message. Furthermore, who is Kathy Jones, and what is MD India? Credible media or bogus?
I’ve never heard of them, so I’m still wondering if this is a joke.
“…digging a well is looking smarter and smarter.”
Check out the documentary “Gasland” before you do. If it’s a choice between some statins in the water and being able to light my tap water on freakin’ fire I’ll…well, look for option ‘C’.
The article is pretty weak, don’t you think? Citing “US Health authorities”. Who is that exactly? Sounds like a hack writer trying to drum up readership by perpetuating rumors and unsubstantiated resources.
Furthermore, is it even physically possible to dissolve a statin in water & have it keep the same properties? This study, found in Web of Knowledge database, seems to suggest otherwise: Piecha, Sarakha, et.al. “Stability studies of cholesterol lowering statin drugs in aqueous samples using HPLC and LC-MS” ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS 8 (2), pages 185-191. 2010.
Statins seems to degrade w/ acidity in water & exposure to UV and sunlight. Honestly, I know nothing about chemistry, but being a librarian I’m able to find information quite easily. This search took 5 minutes; took me longer to write this message than to find this article.
Shame on the writer of the article for her irresponsibility & lack of research!
There actually was a proposal in Britain to put statins in the water, but I believe it was only half-serious.
http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Antidepressants+found+fish/4148501/story.html
It looks like it may already be too late. If antidepressants are already showing up in fish (and obviously in our water supply), why not statins?
Maybe once the US government sees this report they might decide they don’t need to “fortify” drinking water, since it’s already being done…:-)
You know, I have noticed the fish seem happier these days.
Well, they have to do something. When not every adult is smoking, too many people are still alive after retirement age. Grains enriched with iron and HFCS didn’t do the job good enough.
There you go … a plan to save social security.
Don’t believe it. They don’t specify the source of their information, other than “government reports,” so I’ll believe it when I see the “reports” she’s talking about. Piss-poor journalism, in my opinion.
I already have a filter on my kitchen tap, but I don’t think it would help in this case. Time to start buying bottled (in glass) water.
I think I’d be justified in putting it under my medical writeoffs for taxes.
I think this proposal is probably a joke, but if it did happen, buying bottled water wouldn’t necessarily help. A lot of the big-name brands of bottled water are just filtered water from municipal water systems.
I can’t believe this could be true, for the simple reason that pregnant women are told to go off their statins by their doctors as soon as they find out they’re pregnant. This would effectively put all pregnant woman on statins.
I suspect this is an exaggerated old story, that is being recirculated. Or at least I certainly hope so!!!
If someone did float the idea, it probably wasn’t taken seriously. But by the way, one of my Facebook friends is pregnant and her doctor wanted her to go on statins anyway.
Gosh I wonder it the Brita will filter out statins !!
This would be insane and probably lawsuit worthy.
If memory serves me right, Dr. Eades mentioned this once.. some doctor with a ridiculous name (can’t remember it?) at some prestigous meeting or conference actually suggested this. Pretty sure that’s where this started, and ended.
I’m not sure it was ever a serious proposal. Going from requiring a prescription to putting the stuff in the water is one heck of a big leap. You’d think there’d at least be the intermin step of going over-the-counter, as in Britain.
My neighbour filled in a well in his back yard a few years back – I might go and suggest he digs it out again! Oh dear. I suspect it is sloppy journalism (or maybe someone in the pay of bottled water manufacturers.
Glad I’m moving to New Zealand in a couple of months where my mum has rainwater – so long as the animal life in the water tank is alive I guess it’s safe. LOL.
I’m thinking the reporter probably took a proposal that wasn’t serious and ran with it. A few doctors have suggested putting statins in the water, but I don’t believe they serious. More along the lines of “Why, these drugs are so fabulous, maybe we should put them in the water.”
Awful! The more I learn about biology, the more horrified I am that the ‘experts’ know so little. I have just read Zoe Harcombe’s book ‘The Obesity Epidemic’, which is a very excellent book. She actually got in touch with various UK ‘expert’ institutions, and asked what evidence they had that their advice was the correct advice. None of them could answer! (She has also written a very good article in The Daily Mail which I just had to copy onto my blog.)
I need to order her book.
I’d just revert to what people did in the 18th century–drink beer all day.
Shhh! They’ll start putting statins in beer!
I hope this shot down quickly. It’s lunacy. I’m sure the drug companies are in ecstasy over this proposal. I’m with you – I’ll dig a well.
Just a wild guess, but it could be arising from this January 2011 editorial at MedPage: http://www.medpagetoday.com/Columns/24259
It seems a meta-analysis has found statins useful in reducing the odds of developing venous thromboembolism, deep vein thrombosis, and pulmonary embolism. If I am reading this right, the editorialist, Dr. Lundberg, feels this fuels a hands-on call for the polypill, and yes, possibly statins in the drinking water.
I’m with you Tom, that’s just unacceptable.
Speaking as a former reporter, this looks like a totally bogus report. There is no attribution to any individual or agency and no attempt to verify the information. May I respectfully suggest that before these things are posted that they be checked out and possibly debunked? Otherwise, it just adds to the rumor mill, people are needlessly scared, and it could undermine the credibility of your Web site and message. Furthermore, who is Kathy Jones, and what is MD India? Credible media or bogus?
I’ve never heard of them, so I’m still wondering if this is a joke.
There’s reverse osmosis filters that aren’t terribly expensive. I’ve had good luck with the ones at freedrinkingwater.com. (Two in three homes. They seem to filter better with water pressure at the higher end of the recommendations, though.)
This statin thing seems like a joke, though. At least, I hope it is!
“…digging a well is looking smarter and smarter.”
Check out the documentary “Gasland” before you do. If it’s a choice between some statins in the water and being able to light my tap water on freakin’ fire I’ll…well, look for option ‘C’.
@mrfreddy, @tom
it was Dr.Reckless and here the Dr.Eades article about it
http://www.proteinpower.com/drmike/statins/first-nominee-for-the-reckless-award/
I thought that sounded familiar.
The article is pretty weak, don’t you think? Citing “US Health authorities”. Who is that exactly? Sounds like a hack writer trying to drum up readership by perpetuating rumors and unsubstantiated resources.
Furthermore, is it even physically possible to dissolve a statin in water & have it keep the same properties? This study, found in Web of Knowledge database, seems to suggest otherwise: Piecha, Sarakha, et.al. “Stability studies of cholesterol lowering statin drugs in aqueous samples using HPLC and LC-MS” ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS 8 (2), pages 185-191. 2010.
Statins seems to degrade w/ acidity in water & exposure to UV and sunlight. Honestly, I know nothing about chemistry, but being a librarian I’m able to find information quite easily. This search took 5 minutes; took me longer to write this message than to find this article.
Shame on the writer of the article for her irresponsibility & lack of research!
There actually was a proposal in Britain to put statins in the water, but I believe it was only half-serious.
http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Antidepressants+found+fish/4148501/story.html
It looks like it may already be too late. If antidepressants are already showing up in fish (and obviously in our water supply), why not statins?
Maybe once the US government sees this report they might decide they don’t need to “fortify” drinking water, since it’s already being done…:-)
You know, I have noticed the fish seem happier these days.
Well, they have to do something. When not every adult is smoking, too many people are still alive after retirement age. Grains enriched with iron and HFCS didn’t do the job good enough.
There you go … a plan to save social security.