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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'><a
href="http://www.allenpress.com/pdf/entc_25_807_2163_2176.pdf">http://www.allenpress.com/pdf/entc_25_807_2163_2176.pdf</a></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=ntpnormalcopy1><font size=3 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>BURLINGTON</span></font></span><span
class=ntpnormalcopy1><font face=Arial>, </font></span><span
class=ntpnormalcopy1><font face=Arial>ONTARIO</font></span><span
class=ntpnormalcopy1><font face=Arial> — A Canadian study of high-use
drugs released from eight municipal wastewater treatment plants suggests that
effects on invertebrates, bacteria, and plants in natural aquatic environments are
unlikely, according to a study in the journal <a
href="http://www.allenpress.com/pdf/entc_25_807_2163_2176.pdf" target="_blank"><i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry</span></i></a>.</font></span><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'><br>
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<span class=ntpnormalcopy1><font face=Arial>According to the report, across
Atlantic Canada, the study's researchers found 10 acidic and two neutral
pharmaceuticals in the effluents of eight sewage treatment plants. </font></span><br>
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<span class=ntpnormalcopy1><font face=Arial>In the large bodies of receiving
water, drugs generally were not detected at high concentrations; alternatively,
in the small receiving streams, drug residues continued downstream for 11
miles, the study said.</font></span><br>
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<span class=ntpnormalcopy1><font face=Arial>Based on the results of laboratory
toxicity tests, the researchers concluded that the concentrations measured were
not causing harm, the analysis concluded.</font></span></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>Deborah L. DeBiasi</span></font></p>
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