Prozac 'found in drinking water'...

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madthumbs

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I've read that cities along a river contribute to the amount of caffeine in the water. The further downstream you go, the more caffeine which was reported to be 9x the strength of what's in coffee at one time. It's not simple to filter out, and our bodies don't "process" it. Someday the whole world will be made of caffeine!
 

jagec

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Originally posted by: madthumbs
I've read that cities along a river contribute to the amount of caffeine in the water. The further downstream you go, the more caffeine which was reported to be 9x the strength of what's in coffee at one time. It's not simple to filter out, and our bodies don't "process" it. Someday the whole world will be made of caffeine!

...especially in the Puget Sound area :D
 

FleshLight

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General Jack D. Ripper: Mandrake, do you realize that in addition to fluoridating water, why, there are studies underway to fluoridate salt, flour, fruit juices, soup, sugar, milk... ice cream. Ice cream, Mandrake, children's ice cream.
Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake: Lord, Jack.
General Jack D. Ripper: You know when fluoridation first began?
Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake: I... no, no. I don't, Jack.
General Jack D. Ripper: Nineteen hundred and forty-six. Nineteen forty-six, Mandrake. How does that coincide with your post-war Commie conspiracy, huh? It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hard-core Commie works.
Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake: Uh, Jack, Jack, listen, tell me, tell me, Jack. When did you first... become... well, develop this theory?
General Jack D. Ripper: Well, I, uh... I... I... first became aware of it, Mandrake, during the physical act of love.
Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake: Hmm.
General Jack D. Ripper: Yes, a uh, a profound sense of fatigue... a feeling of emptiness followed. Luckily I... I was able to interpret these feelings correctly. Loss of essence.
Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake: Hmm.
General Jack D. Ripper: I can assure you it has not recurred, Mandrake. Women uh... women sense my power and they seek the life essence. I, uh... I do not avoid women, Mandrake.
Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake: No.
General Jack D. Ripper: But I... I do deny them my essence.
 

ViRGE

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Originally posted by: FallenHero
Just like fluoride in water...this is another communist plot! My bodily fluids will never be tainted by such filth.
I think Dr. Strangelove is looking for you. ;)