An immense amount of pharmaceuticals, including antibiotics, antidepressants, and hormones have been found in millions of Americans’ drinking water. The pharmaceutical industry says that the amount is so small that it is harmless to human beings; however, long term effects are unknown.

The Iraq war is estimated to cost each family in the U.S. over $25,000, but that doesn’t come close to how much we spend each year on prescription drugs. In the same five years it took the U.S. to spend $500 billion in Iraq, purchases of prescription drugs climbed a blistering 13% to a record 3.7 billion prescriptions annually¹.

The makers of the popular herbal remedy, Airborne, admitted no guilt and do not claim culpability but still settled for $23.3 million in a class action lawsuit brought forward by former Airborne customers. Under the agreement, Airborne customers can be reimbursed for up to six purchases by filling out a claim on the class action web site, set up at http://www.airbornehealthsettlement.com.

Forty-seven clinical trials analyzed by researchers at the University of Hull, in the U.K. all suggest that the top antidepressants, including Prozac, Efexor, and Seroxat provide little or no benefit.