Pollution of the environment with pharmaceutical drugs and their metabolites
See also: Environmental impact of pharmaceuticals and personal care products
Drug pollution or pharmaceutical pollution is pollution of the environment with pharmaceutical drugs and their metabolites, which reach the aquatic environment (groundwater, rivers, lakes, and oceans) 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.[1] "Causes include aging infrastructure, sewage overflows and agricultural runoff. Even when wastewater makes it to sewage treatment facilities, they aren't equipped to remove pharmaceuticals."[1]
^ abHealthDay News journalists, "Antihistamines Adding to Drug Pollution in Streams", U.S. News, archived from the original on 2013-12-02, retrieved 2013-11-27.
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