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PHILADELPHIA — Scientists are finding trace amounts of drugs and chemicals from various household products in the nation's drinking water and will continue to search for ways to prevent further contamination, according to a Knight Ridder report in today's San Luis Obispo Tribune

¬The article notes a water industry investigation that studied 18 drinking water plants nationwide and found various compounds ranging from such household products as herbicides and fragrances to prescription birth control medication in 14 of the plants tested.

"Initially it was a surprise," Joseph Bella, executive director for the Passaic Valley Water Commission, — whose plant was the basis of a New Jersey study — said in the article. "We've completely changed the way we treat water. And if that doesn't work, we'll find other technologies."

The amounts being found are infinitesimal, and officials from the US Environmental Protection Agency, the Food and Drug Administration, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have agreed that definitive proof must still be examined in order to figure out which chemicals are appearing and where before deciding what to focus on.

However, the American Water Works Research Association, which funded the nationwide drinking water plant survey, is conducting a two-year study on the health effects of the chemicals, the article said.

The study is expected to be completed in 2006, and will also compare data to similar risks present from other products, such as additives in food and chemicals in the air, the report said.