[Pharmwaste] Parody song to draw attention to emerging concerns in wate

[DeBiasi, Deborah (DEQ)]

>From another list, Portland, Oregon - Something to make you smile!
 
<http://blog.gayleleonard.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/dope-in-the-wat
er.jpg> The parody song "Dope In the Water" (sung to the tune of "Smoke
on the Water" by Deep Purple) was written and performed by Steve
Anderson, Water Resources Analyst at Clean Water Services, Portland,
Oregon. This is of course a timely issue since the release of the 2008
Associated Press study <http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23503485>  that
claims at least 41 million Americans may be getting a bonus of drugs and
pharmaceuticals in their water supply.
http://blog.gayleleonard.com/2010/04/h2o-mp3-dope-in-the-water-steve-and
erson/

Lyrics
We flush them down our toilets
We wash 'em down the drain
We take 'em when we feel bad
We take 'em for the pain
They come to us in the sewers
We'd treat 'em all but we can't
When they show up at the headworks
They pass right through the treatment plant
Dope in the water
Hormones in the creek
Dope in the water
And what about them birth control pills?
At the outfall where the effluent swirls
Makin' changes in the wildlife
Little boy fish look a lot like girls
And then we have our Prozac
Discharged by the very best
Don't know how the fish like that
At least I guess they're not depressed
Dope in the water
Hormones in the creek
Dope in the water
My coffee in the morning
Can keep a fish awake at night
Painkillers might make 'em feel good
But you know it just ain't right
Cosmetics and perfumes, well
Just add to this witch's brew
It's high time to figure it out
Just what the hell this stuff can do
Dope in the water
Hormones in the creek
Dope in the water




Deborah L. DeBiasi 
Email:   Deborah.DeBiasi at deq.virginia.gov (NEW!)
WEB site address:  www.deq.virginia.gov 
Virginia Department of Environmental Quality 
Office of Water Permit Programs 
Industrial Pretreatment/Whole Effluent Toxicity (WET) Program 
PPCPs, EDCs, and Microconstituents
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Mail:          P.O. Box 1105, Richmond, VA  23218 
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