Anitdepressants And Your Fish

[brownieman]

Chief,

Can't help to wonder with the greed factor considered and the way things are these days if 'Said places' like you mentioned don't have a discount drug outlet on the other end of town...hell, for that fact on the street corner, lol.

Always wondered the same about the 'Quite Smoking Joints'...bet they have a discount smokeshop on the south side of town, ya know.

Just absolutaly NOTHING surprises me these days. Like wrench said future generations will be the ones that will have litte clean anything left...it's really too bad.

bm

[eric1978]

I haven't read this paticular article but, I believe they may be talking about flushing the pills themselves. I have been hearing about this for the last few years.

I just heard on the news this morning that just over the line here in KS some place, there has been a place set up for people to bring their unneeded meds for proper disposal. It said to date, and I didn't catch how long it has been open but I don't think for all that long, they have recieved 60 lbs so far.

Now if this one town did this, can you imagine how much we could get out of the streams if all towns offered this? I think this is a geat idea and it needs to spead like wildfire!

I agree with you Chief, but what do they do with the 60 lbs of pills they collected? If the treatment plants can't get rid of it, where does it go? Unless you shoot it into space it's gonna wind up back in the ground sometime. I guess they could bury them in plastic barrels, but even they will fail eventually...maybe not while we're alive.

And to Wayne's point...who on earth is flushing Viagra down the toilet? Even if your woman left you, you'd probably hold on to them for a while, no?

Also, I seriously doubt the FDA is going to allow the resale of previously privately owned drugs, although I'm sure there are plenty of people who would buy them.

[Chief Grey Bear]

Most of the meds flushed come from the presciptions of loved ones that have passed. There are also large numbers of out of date meds that get flushed. Not everyone is a junkie looking for a good time.

People don't want to take the chance of someone (children or adults) finding them in the trash and taking them or selling them. It is a crazy world.

I don't have time at the moment, Dylan has football practice, but somewhere there is a study that found these Pharms in the tissue of fish. I will see what I can find as I get some time.

[ozark trout fisher]

I just ate a fish dinner tonight. And it's funny, now that you all mention it..... I'm so happy right now..Everything just seems alright.. No worries.. nothing to be sad about now :lol: :lol:

[Kayser]

Well, if it was fried fish, then don't worry, it just has that effect, even without the meds. Not much makes me happier than fried crappie.

Rob

[fishinwrench]

who on earth is flushing Viagra down the toilet? Even if your woman left you, you'd probably hold on to them for a while, no?

Eric, you apparently do not understand women. Not that I claim to either,,,BUT.... THEY flush them on their way out.

Which brings up a perplexing question..... Why do they always take every towel in the house ? It's as if they think they introduced you to towels. As if "There were NO SUCH THING AS TOWELS" before she came into your life.

The measure of a Man can be determined by how many times he has bought new towels

[eric1978]

Eric, you apparently do not understand women. Not that I claim to either,,,BUT.... THEY flush them on their way out.

Which brings up a perplexing question..... Why do they always take every towel in the house ? It's as if they think they introduced you to towels. As if "There were NO SUCH THING AS TOWELS" before she came into your life.

The measure of a Man can be determined by how many times he has bought new towels

My wife hasn't left me (yet) and she's the only woman I've ever lived with (10 years) so I haven't experienced your towel thief problem. I have, however, noticed a curious discrepancy between the amount of money I bring home and the amount I'm given to spend. Apparently, or so at least I've been told, she is more "responsible" with money and if it was left up to me, I wouldn't have a house to store all my "toys" in because I would have "wasted" the house payment on "all my junk." Don't you hate it when they give you that "think about the future," or, "we have bills to pay," or, "you can't buy that rod because that money is for groceries" crap?

[ozark trout fisher]

we don't break down everything into their component elements. if we did we would be flushing graphite rods down the commode. It works well to think of NaCl because it is a simple molecule but it is broken down into its components just by water providing more attractive places for the ions to hang around then each other. Other molecules (with covalent bonds) may not behave that way.

Man, I thought I passed chemistry years ago. When is the test??? Should I be taking notes.

[fishinwrench]

My wife hasn't left me (yet) and she's the only woman I've ever lived with (10 years) so I haven't experienced your towel thief problem. I have, however, noticed a curious discrepancy between the amount of money I bring home and the amount I'm given to spend. Apparently, or so at least I've been told, she is more "responsible" with money and if it was left up to me, I wouldn't have a house to store all my "toys" in because I would have "wasted" the house payment on "all my junk." Don't you hate it when they give you that "think about the future," or, "we have bills to pay," or, "you can't buy that rod because that money is for groceries" crap?

Yep, Man,, where do they learn those lines ? You'd think they were all networked together like Stepford wives.

My thought is always "Well, if I didn't have YOU I'd have so much money I wouldn't need to be responsible". But of course that is a thought that I've never voice tested.... so it might not be safe.

If you ever decide to test it though I've got some extra towels

[Chief Grey Bear]

I have not found the study I am looking for yet but, here are some articles that you may find interesting.

http://health.usnews.com/articles/health/h...edications.html

http://www.metaefficient.com/toxic-chemica...-tap-water.html

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/may/04/...nused-research/