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<DIV><SPAN class=a><SPAN class=261040001-29012008>Hello
Readers</SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=a><SPAN class=261040001-29012008>Thanks for your comments
Jean. I don't have any detailed knowledge of the report - I just forwarded
it as </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class=a><SPAN
class=261040001-29012008>pharmaceuticals in the news.</SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=a><SPAN class=261040001-29012008>It appears that the report
does refer to bleomycin samples collected in 1990, however it is a review
article, and considers more recent measurements of many other
pharmaceuticals.</SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=a><SPAN class=261040001-29012008>For interested readers, the
complete report '</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class=a><SPAN
class=261040001-29012008><FONT color=#008000><FONT face=Tahoma size=5><FONT
size=2><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#000000>DESK BASED REVIEW OF CURRENT
KNOWLEDGE<SPAN class=261040001-29012008> </SPAN>ON PHARMACEUTICALS IN DRINKING
WATER AND<SPAN class=261040001-29012008> </SPAN>ESTIMATION OF POTENTIAL
LEVELS' (Nov 2007) is available from
</FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class=a><FONT
color=#008000><A
href="http://www.dwi.gov.uk/research/reports/DWI70-2-213.pdf">www.dwi.gov.uk/research/reports/DWI70-2-213.pdf</A></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=261040001-29012008>Kind regards,</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=261040001-29012008>Melissa</SPAN></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us
[mailto:pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>JuMullot@aol.com<BR><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, 26 January 2008 4:50
AM<BR><B>To:</B> pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us<BR><B>Subject:</B>
[Pharmwaste] Re: UK - Cancer drugs found in tap water
(BROMLYMelissa)<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV>Dear Readers,</DIV>
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<DIV>About the "new" that bleomycin was found in tap water, I just would like to
add some details (I read the DWI report that you can find on the Web). If I
correctly read it :</DIV>
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<DIV>- The report, compiled by Watts and Crane, make the citation of a
scientific paper revealing that bleomycin was found in tap water,</DIV>
<DIV>- but the publication date of this paper is 1990 ! and the samples (without
extensive details about location, water pretreatment ....) were taken in 1989
!</DIV>
<DIV>- analysis was performed with a radioimmunoassay test previously developed
for bleomycin in plasma and authors indicate that because of possible
cross-reactivity in water, it was not excluded that immunoreactivity could have
been caused by something else that bleomycin ...</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Lesson 1 : always consult the original source of an information</DIV>
<DIV>Lesson 2 : favorite new for newspaper is not always the same that for
scientists</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Best regards,</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Jean Ulrich Mullot</DIV></DIV></DIV></FONT><pre>Disclaimer:
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