Drug pollution
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drug-pollution-282-3294543
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Drug pollution
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Drug pollution or pharmaceutical pollution is pollution of the environment with pharmaceutical drugs and their metabolites, which reach the aquatic environment through wastewater. Drug pollution is therefore mainly a form of water pollution. "Pharmaceutical pollution is now detected in waters throughout the world," said a scientist at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies in Millbrook, New York. "Causes include aging infrastructure, sewage overflows and agricultural runoff. Even when wastewate
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Pollution of the environment with pharmaceutical drugs and their metabolites
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_pollution
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2023-09-21T17:49:57Z
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