USA - Letter: Worries about water

Letter: Worries about water
In the Washington Post I read that there are traces of six common medicines such as pharmaceuticals - an anti-seizure medication, two anti-inflammatory drugs, two kinds of antibiotics and a common disinfectant, found in the Washington, D.C., region's drinking water. Also fluoride, which is the main ingredient in rat poison, is found in most tap water drinking sources.
If we want our community here in Astoria to thrive, we need to put pressure on our mayor and any others involved to make sure Astoria's water is absolutely defluorinated and dechemicalized.
It cannot be an issue that some citizens of Astoria cannot afford clean drinking water. How can it be productive if a majority of our population cannot make conversation because the chemical imbalance going on inside of them?
We need to do something about this issue for the sake of our next generations, people who do not believe in powers of wealth and the monopoly of good health.
Nick Stephens
Seaside