What is in your water? If you are drinking straight from the tap, you could be swallowing anything from chemicals to trace amounts of prescription drugs. Some bottled water isn’t any better, as it is simply tap water in a pretty package. If you don’t want to settle for unfiltered or expensively bottled water, here are four ways to treat your tap so that it’s ick-free.

THERE ARE DRUGS IN THE WATER
As 41 million Americans take a sip of water from their tap today, they will guzzle down traces of a variety of prescription drugs, from antibiotics to sex hormones to mood stabilizers. At least according to a just-released Associated Press (AP) investigation, revealing that the drugs were detected in the drinking water supplies of 24 metropolitan areas, including Southern California, Northern New Jersey, Detroit, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, PA, and Louisville, KY.

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