Graphic by Hannah Williams In the United States, around 27 billion animals are raised for food every year. These animals...
Study finds pharmaceuticals, other chemicals in remote Minnesota lakes
Photo: A remote lake in Cook County, Minn. A three-year study by the University of Minnesota, the Minnesota Pollution Control...
Fourteen Drugs Found in New York City’s Drinking Water
Water samples taken from three upstate watersheds by New York City’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) revealed 14 different drugs,...
Concentrations of Pharmaceuticals in Freshwater Increasingly Globally
The environmental risks of ciprofloxacin in fresh water have increased worldwide between 1995 and 2015. Inset: Counts of ecoregions where...
Human Medicine Loading River Creatures With Dozens of Drugs
Spiders, such as the one pictured here, are found in riparian environments all over the world. They build their webs...