Meds (antidepressants, benzos, antibiotics) in our drinking water

I've been looking into benzos in foods (trace amounts) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1466856400000382

, and this led to another rabbit hole...Antidepressants and other meds in our drinking water.

https://www.health.harvard.edu/newsletter_article/drugs-in-the-water

https://www.salon.com/2013/03/14/your_tap_water_is_probably_laced_with_anti_depressants_partner/

https://www.sciencealert.com/marine-ecosystem-impact-psychotropic-antidepressant-medication-solutions

https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2017/09/04/antidepressants-found-in-the-great-lakes-and-fish/#16af8f87db87

it's in our meat: https://www.consumerreports.org/food-safety/are-banned-drugs-in-your-meat/

Do you guys think this is an issue for those of us who are sensitive? Trace amounts, sure, but I felt the paradoxical effect of .001 mg of Klonopin during the very end of my taper.  Could this be why many of us become protracted? We keep ingesting the same meds that made us sick?

While it's disturbing that people discard meds in a manner that puts them into the environment, remember that trace amounts of things rarely have any effect.  For example - there's a trace amount of formaldehyde in the air of most rooms due to plastic manufacturing.  There's naturally-occurring carbon monoxide in the air you breath.  There's hydrogen cyanide in cigarette smoke (1st and 2nd hand), but not enough to affect a person.  There's a trace amount of alcohol in many fruits and juices.  There are trace amounts of heavy metals in nearly all foods.  There are microorganisms in every breath you take and every bite you eat.

Stuff is everywhere.  Your body is pretty good at sorting out the bad stuff as long as it's not in overwhelming amounts.  Our minds are not nearly as good at distinguishing context, and articles like those can cause a person to begin to worry about something that isn't actually an issue.  I'd invite you to google positive outcomes instead of negative stuff as it's easy to buy into negative/scary stuff (which can add to fear/anxiety).