Prozac Found In UK Water Supply
The Guardian: Stay calm everyone, there's Prozac in the drinking water
It should make us happy, but environmentalists are deeply alarmed: Prozac, the anti-depression drug, is being taken in such large quantities that it can now be found in Britain's drinking water.
The discovery raises fresh fears that GPs are overprescribing Prozac, Britain's antidepressant of choice. In the decade up to 2001, overall prescriptions of antidepressants rose from nine million to 24 million a year.
However, the precise quantity of Prozac in the nation's water supplies remains unknown. The government's Drinking Water Inspectorate (DWI) said Prozac was likely to be found in a considerably 'watered down' form that was unlikely to pose a health risk.
If there's prozac in the UK's drinking water, how come no-one will give me any ?!
Posted by: badly dubbed boy | Monday, August 09, 2004 at 11:22 AM