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Waste water treatment doesn't remove drugs, so they make it out into the water, and the filter feeders pick it up.
by Maybestring 8y ago
Waste water treatment doesn't remove drugs, so they make it out into the water, and the filter feeders pick it up.
- lostlogin 8y agoWaste water can be tested to give an idea of population drug usage. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11948857 https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&object...
- 49bc 8y agoI’m surprised the chemicals don’t quickly break down in the salty sea water. Do ocean environments affect half-life of pharmaceuticals differently?
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- whistlerbrk 8y agoWater shields double bonds from UV light preventing them from breaking down. For examples of this look no further than PCBs (polychorinated biphenyls, not circuit boards)