PITTSBURGH - Consumers across America said they are angered by yesterday's report that a bevy of pharmaceuticals and carcinogens pollute our nation's watersheds, but one local woman sees it differently."I was at my wits end before the report came out," Pittsburgh native Olena Kaminski explained. "I was menopausal, clinically depressed and had lost my job. Without a regular salary and health benefits I couldn't afford my hormone replacements and antidepressants. I couldn't get out of bed for weeks at a time, I was so depressed."
Olena's untreated menopause and depression left her unable to look for work, which furthered her downward spiral into depression. But then came her lucky break.
"I read the article and jumped for joy. I could get all the medications I needed for free by just turning on the kitchen faucet."
Kaminski said it is "ironic" she had pinched pennies in order to afford bottled water, thinking this would help her health situation.
"I tossed that spring water crap in a heartbeat," she said laughing, running her fingers through her long hair which seemed to be thinning a bit at the crown. "You don't suppose there's any Rogaine in there too, do you?"
