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Consumer Health & Wellness
April 2008 - Vol 3, Issue 4
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Greetings,

In this month's newsletter we discuss the issue of pharmaceutical contaminants in water.

Pharmaceutical contaminants have been found in drinking water at levels which are of concern. Contaminants detected include antibiotics, anti-depressants and birth control drugs. Current water treatment practices do not always remove pharmaceutical residues and the high stability these molecules means they can accumulate in water supplies over time.

There is a large amount of information on the effects that exposure to these chemicals have on humans. The chronic exposure of children, pregnant women and healthy adults over long periods of time to these residues, albeit at low levels is a concern.

In this article we discuss how the long term risk can be assessed for different demographic groups using up-to-date data and methods.
We have expanded CRN to open it up to more people in order to generate more collaboration and discussion. It is no longer required to log in in order to read and post comments and people can now post anonymously.

There are a number of new items of interest in the online CREMe Research Network (CRN) including a new section which aggregates global food safety news.

The CREMe newsletter is our way of communicating with you - the food, nutrition and chemical safety professionals of this world. You have received this newsletter either because: you have signed up for it, you have expressed an interest in our CREMe products and services over the last number of years, we have worked on a project together or you have joined CRN.

CREMe promotes health and safety by enabling industry, regulators and researchers to understand consumer intakes and exposures. If you have any questions or queries on our articles or if you would like us to discuss a particular topic, please contact us. This and all previous newsletters are available at: the CREMe Newsletter site.

Yours Sincerely,
Cronan McNamara
CREMe Software Ltd.

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