Reports reveal cocaine contamination of drinking water in Britain

ArabiaWeather.com- Reports published by the British newspaper "The Independent" revealed today, Sunday, that the use of cocaine has become so common in Britain that traces of the drug have contaminated drinking water.

And the newspaper stated on its website, that in a study to assess the risks of drug compounds that appear in drinking water, scientists discovered traces of cocaine after the water passed through intensive purification processes, noting that experts from the Drinking Water Monitoring Authority found a substance “benzoylgonine”, which is The substance that is looked for in urine tests to detect cocaine use.

Scientists found traces of common painkillers "ibuprofen" and epilepsy drug "carbamazepine" in drinking water at higher levels than traces of cocaine.

A recent report by Public Health England showed that the quantities of cocaine that appeared in the water represented a quarter of what appeared before it was filtered and that this would pose a danger to citizens.