Drug pollution risk ’a global responsibility’ › News in Science (ABC Science)
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the drugs find their way into the environment through the waste stream," he says.
Major “point sources” of contamination are drug manufacturing facilities, which are increasingly being moved to poorer countries, where labour costs are lower, he adds.
“There is some evidence from China and India that effluents from drug manufacturing plants contain high concentrations of antibiotics and other drugs including antidepressants and NSAIDs (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs),” says Kookana.
“The rivers and lakes receiving these effluents have been found to be contaminated with these drugs.”
