A team of researches in washington State has found traces of cooking spices and flavoring in the waters of Puget Sound. An associate professor from the University of Washington, Richard Keil, investigated how what we do on land affects our waters. This story is part of a special series that explores the global water crisis. The main focus of this article was to explain theories about having more clean water. During certain holidays scientists, Keil and his team, tracked certain "pulses" of food ingredients to see if there were any unsusual aspects to them. The Pudget Sound study is one of several ongoing efforts yo investigate the unexpected ingredients that find their way into the global water supply.
Around the world, scientists are starting to find traces of amounts of substances, relating to sugar, spice, and evern herion, rocket fuel, and birth control. This could cause serious problems for humans and the wildlife. Within this article it mentioned how spices and flavorings are flushed out of a U.S. home and then travel to a sewage treatment facility. This is where most of the unwanted material is removed from our water systems. In the area Pudget Sound, the University of Washington team found, the spicy residues that remain in wastewater end up flowing into the sound's inland waterways.
In my opinion, having clean water is one of the most important resources to our society because without water, we would not survive. Water is one of things that we actually have to have clean. Having harming materials in water could cause serious problems and issues within our nation. I think we should do whatever it takes to make our drinking water safe and clean and free of harmful items.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/11/091112-drinking-water-cocaine.html
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