Cosmetic Ingredients polluting waterways

I ran across this article today. Do you think that our active ingredients are polluting the waterways? This study deals with one ingredient is scarey enough. http://www.cosmeticsdesign.com/Formulation-Science/Study-suggest-ac...

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Permalink Reply by Abram Herman on August 20, 2012 at 4:38pm

This is scary stuff! I saw the new research a few days ago that linked Triclosan with muscle weakness, which can be especially problematic for people with heart problems or other muscle-related health issues, and from the sounds of it there will continue to be more and more of these substances accumulating in our waterways. It also sounds like they aren't able to remove all of it through the water treatment methods that are currently in use, so we're basically drinking poison! Not a good feeling...