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Maybe because you are taking someone's birth control! Or someone's blood pressure or cholesterol medication and you are suffering from the side effects?

A government analysis shows the nation's waterways are awash in traces of chemicals used in beauty aids, medications, cleaners, and foods. Among the substances: caffeine, contraceptives, painkillers, insect repellent, perfumes, and nicotine.

Scientists say the problem is that these substances largely escape regulation and defy municipal wastewater treatment. And the long-term effects of exposure are unclear, they say.

The compounds are sold on supermarket shelves and found in virtually every medicine cabinet and broom closet as well as at farms and factories. And they are flushed or rinsed down the drain every day. But they do not disappear, researchers warn.

Hydrologists with the U.S. Geologic Survey tested water samples in 30 states for 95 common compounds, an emerging class of contaminants known as pharmaceutical and personal care pollutants (PPCPs). The results of the three-year analysis appear in the March 15 issue of the journal Environmental Science and Technology. The scientists found that the chemicals persist in the environment in concentrations as low as one part per billion or less. The results mirror similar studies of PPCPs in Europe and Canada. These are the very chemicals found in plastics that are messing up hormones and health of the multitudes!

Yet little is known about PPCPs' potential health and environmental effects. The use and disposal of 81 of the 95 compounds in the study are entirely unregulated, officials said. "Compounds that we use in households or even consume can persist though wastewater treatment and affect resources on a pretty broad scale," said Herb Buxton, USGS coordinator of the USGS toxic substances hydrology program.

For example, many scientists suspect the widespread use of antibacterial agents in human medicines, household cleaners, and veterinary medicines has encouraged the development of germs that are resistant to antibiotics. The USGS study found at least 31 antibiotics and antibacterial compounds in water samples.

The study also tallied traces of at least 11 compounds linked to birth control and hormone supplements. Some studies have linked environmental exposure to hormones to deformed sex organs in wildlife, sex reversal in some fish, and declining fertility in humans, as well as cancers and other diseases.

Scientists who did not participate in the USGS survey said PPCPs represent the "next big unknown" in environmental contamination.

Exposure to even tiny amounts may result in cumulative risks, they said, especially when the compounds combine in unanticipated ways. "You don't need therapeutic doses of a drug to have an effect," said Christian Daughton of the Environmental Protection Agency's exposure research laboratory in Las Vegas. "Some organisms have potential to suffer multigenerational exposures. Parts per billion could have profound effects."

Industry and water utility officials said they expect the EPA to decide in the next few years how to regulate PPCPs. They said promising new wastewater treatment technologies can break down many of the chemicals using biological methods or even exposure to ultraviolet light.

"We're not ignoring it," said Alan Roberson, regulatory affairs director for the American Water Works Association in Washington. "One question is what do you do with the concentrated form of these chemical compounds if you take them out of the water?"

In 1999-2000, USGS scientists collected samples downstream from cities, farms, and factories. Many of the waterways contribute to municipal water supplies. They included the Sacramento River at Freeport, Calif.; the South Platte River in Denver; the Mississippi River above Minneapolis/St. Paul; and the Charles River in Boston. Seven or more chemicals were found in half of the streams sampled.

If you think bottled water is the answer you would be wrong again!

Since July 2009, when Environmental Working Group released its groundbreaking Bottled Water Scorecard, documenting the industry's failure to disclose contaminants and other crucial facts about their products, bottled water producers have been taking withering fire from consumer and environmental groups.

Only one of the 173 bottled water products surveyed—Nestlé's Pure Life Purified Water—discloses this information right on the label, and provides information for requesting a water quality test report. See the EWG water report

Bottled water mainly originates from 75 percent from underground aquifers and springs, while tap water tends to come from rivers and lakes - many of which have failed to meet water standards set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), according to the International Bottled Water Association (IBWA).

When you add this information to what has been known for twenty years or more about other chemicals in our body in the foods we eat, the lotions and potions we use and the air pollution then it is no wonder you are in danger!

***Lena Sanchez a happy Retired Medical Office Nurse/Administrator, Medical Office Consultant turned Alternative Health Consultant took charge of her life in 1992 substituted healthy drug-free alternatives getting actual pain relief after 30 years with fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue, Meinere's Vertigo and never ending illnesses all kinds never solved with conventional medicine . Now committed to helping others do the same by educating on truly treating illness and disease rather than masking symptoms. See http://www.antibiotic-alternatives.com  Other informative health articles regarding prevention and steps to take to be the healthiest you can be found at Free Healthy Natural Alternatives To Drugs Articles