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Keeping Medicine Out of the Water - US News and World Report
The recent news that medicines are detectable in our water supply is a good reminder to properly dispose of your medications. While the issue is partly one of medicine being excreted into wastewater, improper disposal of drugs down the toilet is responsible, too, says Kasey Thompson, director of patient safety at the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
Pharmaceuticals Found In Drinking Water, Affecting Wildlife And Maybe Humans - cbs3.com
Some drugs, including widely used cholesterol fighters, tranquilizers and anti-epileptic medications, resist modern drinking water and wastewater treatment processes. Plus, the EPA says there are no sewage treatment systems specifically engineered to remove pharmaceuticals.
Drugs in fish: Pharmaceuticals found in fish caught near North Side sewage treatment plant in Chicago area - Chicago Tribune
Baylor University found pharmaceutical drugs in fish in several urban watersheds, including this one in Chicago.
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