We found abortion drugs in your water. You could be microdosing them every day

Published October 10, 2026 8:00am ET



In light of an FDA-purported review of chemical abortion pills, it’s important to note that information currently with the Environmental Protection Agency is extremely relevant.

Dr. Michael Varveris and I recently published a paper titled “Anti-Progesterone in Environmental Water” in the journal Issues in Law and Medicine. Our peer-reviewed study was a preliminary screening, testing water upstream and downstream of wastewater treatment plants, and tap water, in three U.S. cities. We found anti-progesterone activity (mifepristone and mifepristone equivalents) in the water in eight of the nine water conditions we sampled.

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