Prozac in the water in UK.
 

There is a new report stating that Prozac is showing up in the water supply in the UK.
Anybody else see it? It is on Yahoo's home page.

The politicians are getting in on the act.
One branded it a case of mass medication.

Sounds like fun and games at the old ballyard.

Now I DEFINITELY want to move to the UK :D

Hi Bob, I am for putting Prozac in all water systems worldwide...maybe then we could all just get along ;-).

I remember someone having the most excellent idea of Valium mist being spritzed in our faces as we walk through the airports. I am all for that also :D

Yikes! <i>Brave New World</i>, anyone?

I'm with Judyrem. It would also help with the problem of population growth. :-D

If, according to other posters, the pilots are flying sloshed, why can the rest of us not be a little <i> relaxed ? :)</i>

It'd have to be in significantly high concentrations to have any effects. I believe that even arsenic traces can be found in water, but are diluted by so many parts per billion that they are not an hazard. Anyway my dears, not to fear, I don't drink tap-water, so unless prozac's in an organic solvent I doubt it'll be getting into my system!

YOu might want to check and see if it is in the ground water! If it is, it will show up in some bottled water, and even beer and ale.

Afterall, we get mass medicated with flouride! And my teeth still need fillings!

Oh well, as one woman I overheard in Paris say, &quot;There is this big statue of Prozac over there in that man's yard.&quot;

Oh well, that and prostrate trouble!

Well that's a relief, m_kingdom. We wouldn't want you to be TOO mellow.

Too expensive for the UK's &quot;health care&quot; system!!!
M

Gosh, I could finally stop spiking DH's coffee!

A little sprinkling of Prozac the world over might be just the answer...an airborne solution!!

Hmmmmmm, maybe Japan and Italy could use viagra in the water to get the birthrates up.

Just goes to show, things don't only go better with Coke.

I think I will leave Rufus's response be. I'm not up to an adequate comment.

Is that the birth rates Viagra is getting up?

How can I put this, jody. Viagra doesn't necessarily get birth rates up..

One of the major side effects of Serotonin enhancing drugs, like Prozac, is the loss of sex drive. Yes, it could keep the population down (in more ways than one;-)). :-D

Somehow this reminds me of the episode involving one of my neighbor's daughters. Three factors were the basis for the event. Dad did not pay much attention to his children. The daughter was the typical high school senior of the social set -- more interested in boys than anything to do with school. Her younger brother could be the live model for Jason in Foxtrot.
(Brilliant boy actually, aced the SAT.)

The daughter had to write a paper for school. She did a lick and promise on the Internet for her research and launched into a description entitled

The Population of Canada

It was pretty bad, even without her brother's embellishments.

It started something like this.

Canada does not have much much population. What population it has is in the south. This is because of the United States. In the north, there is not much population because it is too cold.

Her brother suggested substituting a c for the first p in population because it would make the paper more erudite; it might even improve her grade. Well, a few strokes on the word processor and the change was made.

I think Dad found about his daughter's paper in the coffee lounge at the office.

So, this finally explains the jolly attitude of all those folks. I always figured it was the daily pints. :)

This sounds similar to the claims in Ringaskiddy Ireland. There is a belief there that the men are more ... er ... energetic thanks to quanties of pharmaceutical dust being coughed into the air by the Pfizer folks at the plant.

Bill

Judyrem, I'm glad someone got my point!

It's probably because the ancient pipes means that the sewage system liquids get into the drinking pipes, and since so many Brits are on Prozac because of the weather, loss of empire, fear of Brusselscrats, David Beckham going to Spain, the &quot;Paki&quot; invasion, the depressing architecture, etc., a lot goes into the loo and back up to the faucet.

Ugh, PalQ, that is a truly disgusting thought!

PalQ is sort of right. I remember reading some years ago about the estrogen levels in streams in England, blamed, they said, on women taking birth control and the residue going down the toilet and eventually reappearing in streams. The article was about how few male fish were being born and those that were born having female attributes. Ah - humans - we're a big mess.

PalQ sounds like he is a medical student or a sanitary engineer.
They frequently like to gross people out.
Mind you the engineer need not be sanitary him or herself, he or she just tries to engineer sanitary systems.

I think I will take my filter straw with me!