pharmaceuticals

Understanding chemical byproducts formed during water treatment

IMAGE: During flash flooding, water treatment systems can become overwhelmed, allowing untreated effluent and household chemicals to flow into local…

6 years ago

Cocaine in the water makes eels hyperactive and damages muscles

20 June 2018 Cocaine in the water makes eels hyperactive and damages muscles Eels became hyperactive after time in water…

6 years ago

Anxiety drugs are getting into the water we drink. This is how we could stop them

New research shows that pharmaceutical drugs are not being filtered out of our water systems. Image: Reuters/Srdjan Zivulovic Wastewater treatment…

7 years ago

Antidepressants found in fish brains in Great Lakes region

A rock bass. This stock image may not be republished. Researchers have detected build-ups of human antidepressants in the brains…

7 years ago

Septic systems are a major source of emerging contaminants in drinking water

Credit: Silent Spring Institute A new analysis shows that septic systems in the United States routinely discharge pharmaceuticals, consumer product…

7 years ago