[Pharmwaste] As Pharmaceutical Use Soars, Drugs Taint Water and Wildlife

[DeBiasi, Deborah (DEQ)]

This is a long article, well worth reading.


http://www.e360.yale.edu/content/feature.msp?id=2263


15 Apr 2010: Report

As Pharmaceutical Use Soars, Drugs Taint Water and Wildlife

With nearly $800 billion in drugs sold worldwide, pharmaceuticals are
increasingly being released into the environment. The "green pharmacy"
movement seeks to reduce the ecological impact of these drugs, which
have caused mass bird die-offs and spawned antibiotic-resistant
pathogens.
by sonia shah






Deborah L. DeBiasi 
Email:   Deborah.DeBiasi at deq.virginia.gov (NEW!)
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Virginia Department of Environmental Quality 
Office of Water Permit Programs 
Industrial Pretreatment/Whole Effluent Toxicity (WET) Program 
PPCPs, EDCs, and Microconstituents
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