Originally Posted by
Scottish2008
I really can't see how pills made for your body to dissolve in your digest system will affect your wast.
Because the pill will dissolve in the water and may not be cleared by conventional water cleansing proceedures. Also a perfectly harmless substance can be converted into a toxin via reacting with other substances in the water.
Toxicity not only depends on the dose of the compond but the combined dose of other compounds present in the water which can form a cocktail with a synergistic toxicity effect.
Other problems are for the environment, if the drug disposed is a hormone or steroid it can be articually damaging. Toxins such as these can accumulate in animals higher up the food change to fatal levels. They can alter the growth of organisms and unbalance fragile ecosystems.
If the drug is an antibiotic it can decrease the efficacy of cleaning processes in wastewater treatment plant by killing bacterium used to digest waste.
Also don't be fooled into the false security that it's only a small amount. If everyone thought like that we would be knee high in rubbish because 'it's only a small wrapper.'
Just take drugs to the pharmacy where they can be properly disposed of, after all it is free.