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Only about half of the prescription drugs and other newly emerging contaminants in sewage are removed by treatment plants.
That?s the finding of a new report by the International Joint Commission, a consortium of officials from the United States and Canada who study the Great Lakes.
The impact of most of these ?chemicals of emerging concern? on the health of people and aquatic life remains unclear. Nevertheless, the commission report concludes that better water treatment is needed.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=only-half-of-drugs-removed-by-sewage-treatment
That?s the finding of a new report by the International Joint Commission, a consortium of officials from the United States and Canada who study the Great Lakes.
The impact of most of these ?chemicals of emerging concern? on the health of people and aquatic life remains unclear. Nevertheless, the commission report concludes that better water treatment is needed.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=only-half-of-drugs-removed-by-sewage-treatment