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Pharmaceuticals in rivers threaten world health - study
Rivers seem to be more polluted by medicine than previously thought, especially in low-to-middle-income countries, a new study found. Sewage dumping, poor wastewater management, and pharmaceutical factories are to blame. Even state-of-art wastewater treatment plants cannot completely or sufficiently degrade pharmaceutical compounds before dumping them into rivers or lakes. Such active pharmaceutical ingredients like antibiotics affect the proper development and reproduction of aquatic organisms. And that could impair the effectiveness of medicines eventually. Also, water contamination isn’t limited to medicines. Caffeine, nicotine, and painkiller, collectively called lifestyle consumables, are found in the sample waters. The life of any aquatic creature solely depends on the water they live in. And global warming and water pollution are both caused by humans.
Read the article and learn what is being done to rivers around the world.
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