Medicinal drugs pollute the St. Lawrence River, presenting possible risk to aquatic organisms: Study
Medicinal drugs pollute the St. Lawrence River, presenting possible risk to aquatic organisms: Study
A new study shows troubling levels of pharmaceutical pollution in the St. Lawrence River and its largest tributaries, especially near and downstream of urban areas. Some of the compounds detected even pose a moderate-to-high risk to aquatic organisms when there's chronic exposure.
Hey big pharma, it's time to spend those billions in profit on biodegradable meds.
2Wtf are “biodegradable meds”?
It’s more like we need to spend money figuring out better ways to treat sewage to remove substances of concern. That includes medicine but also stuff like PFAS and microplastics.
6“biodegradable meds”
Hypothetically, they would break down when they enter sewers.
I'm not saying they exist, I'm saying big pharma can most certainly invent them with their billions of extra profits they make per year.
It’s more like we need to spend money figuring out better ways to treat sewage to remove substances of concern. That includes medicine but also stuff like PFAS and microplastics.
I don't disagree, but this puts the onus on taxpayers and municipal water treatment plants, rather than industry.
Industry should be paying for the mess created by the products they manufacturer and sell.
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