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sewage treatment plants can't remove drug contaminants
by notfromhere 7y ago
sewage treatment plants can't remove drug contaminants
- jsilence 7y agoI don't see any reasonable argument why they should not be able to remove at least sizeable parts of drug residues. There is metabolism in the human body and the is bacterial metabolism. Organic matter will be broken down at least partly.
- notfromhere 7y agohttps://www.health.harvard.edu/newsletter_article/drugs-in-the-water https://www.health.harvard.edu/newsletter_article/drugs-in-t... some but not all