Pollution in Our Environment

Waste from our homes and businesses do leach into our groundwater.  Through your use of Perfect Science™ Ayterion Agua™, your body fluids will, as they are flushed down the drain and into the sewer or septic system, continue to clean the environment.  By washing your foods, and cooking with Ayterion Agua™ you will be eliminating more toxins going into our groundwater supplies.
 

Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products (PPCPs)

Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) are substances used by individuals for personal health or cosmetic reasons and the products used by agribusiness to boost growth or health of livestock. PPCPs have been detected in water bodies throughout the world. The effects of these chemicals on humans and the environment are not yet known, but to date there is no scientific evidence that they have an impact on human health.^[1]

For more details on how pollutants enter the environment through the manufacturing of PPCPs, see Industrial ecology.

PPCPs enter into the environment through individual human activity and as residues from manufacturing, agribusiness, veterinary use, and hospital and community use. Individuals may add PPCPs to the environment through waste excretion and bathing as well as by directly disposing of unused medications to septic tanks, sewers, or trash. Because PPCPs tend to dissolve relatively easily and do not evaporate at normal temperatures, they often end up in soil and water bodies. Some PPCPs are broken down or processed easily in use by a human or animal body or degrade quickly in the environment . However, others do not break down or degrade easily. The likelihood that an individual substance will break down depends on its chemical makeup.[1] A study by the U.S. Geological Survey report published in 2002 [6] found detectable quantities of PPCPs in 80 percent of a sampling of 139 susceptible streams in 30 states. The most common pharmaceuticals detected were steroids and nonprescription drugs; detergents, fire retardants, pesticides, natural and synthetic hormones, and an assortment of antibiotics and prescription medications were also found.[7] Manufacturing of these products contributes to environmental pollution and the packaging of PPCPs often becomes waste.