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Last Updated: Sunday, 8 August, 2004, 04:17 GMT 05:17 UK Prozac 'found in drinking water'
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SPORT It quotes the Liberal Democrats' environment spokesman, WEATHER Norman Baker MP, as saying the picture emerging looked like "a case of hidden mass medication upon the unsuspecting He says: "It is alarming that there is no monitoring of levels of Prozac and other pharmacy residues in our drinking water." Experts say the anti-depression drug gets into the rivers and water system via treated sewage water. Prescriptions increase
The DWI said the Prozac (known technically as fluoxetine) was unlikely to pose a health risk as it was so "watered down". The Observer says the revelations raise new fears over how many prescriptions for the drug are given out by doctors. In the decade leading up to 2001, the number of prescriptions for antidepressants went up from nine million per year to 24 million per year, says the paper. The Environment Agency report concluded that the Prozac in the water table could be potentially toxic and said the drug was a "potential concern". The exact amount of Prozac in the nation's drinking water is not known. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3545684.stm BBC NEWS | Health | Prozac 'found in drinking water'
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