A new study looking at the presence of pharmaceuticals in the world's rivers found concentrations at potentially toxic levels in more than a quarter of the locations studied.

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Pharmaceutical drugs polluting rivers worldwide

Paracetamol, nicotine, caffeine and epilepsy and diabetes drugs were widely detected, research finds.

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Pharmaceuticals in rivers threaten world health - study

Potentially toxic levels of pharmaceutical drugs have been found in a quarter of river locations examined across the world, a study has found.

Irish Independent

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‘Toxic’ levels of pharmaceuticals found in quarter of world’s rivers

Study led by British university finds 34 different medication types in Kai Tak River, highest variety among 258 waterways.

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Global study finds record number of pharmaceutical pollutants in Hong Kong river

Pollution poses a risk to freshwater habitats and wildlife, potentially contributing to the build-up of antimicrobial resistance. (Picture: Unsplash)Potentially toxic levels of pharmaceutical drugs have been found in a quarter of river locations examined across the world, a study found.Researchers from around the world surveyed more than 1,000 sites on 258 rivers, from the Thames in London and other UK waterways to the Brazilian Amazon and river…

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Rivers worldwide are being polluted by pharmaceutical drugs, study warns

Paracetamol, caffeine and hay fever treatments in sewage released by water companies have implications for animal and human health

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UK rivers the worst in Europe for chemical pollution from prescription drugs

Government of Ireland

Analysis found that a quarter of river sites globally have potentially harmful levels of pharmaceuticals.

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Pharmaceutical drugs are polluting rivers worldwide, study warns

A quarter of the studied rivers had contaminants at "potentially harmful" concentrations.

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Study Of World's Rivers Finds Pharmaceutical Contamination In 'Every Continent'

A study involving researchers from around the globe found pharmaceutical pollution in rivers on every continent, with nicotine and cotinine, caffeine and paracetamol turning up everywhere including Antarctica.

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Potentially toxic levels of pharmaceutical drugs found in rivers across the world

Potentially toxic levels of pharmaceutical drugs have been found in a quarter of river locations examined across the world — with the Clyde the most contaminate

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Clyde is worst UK river for pharmaceutical pollution

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Pharmaceutical pollution is contaminating water on every continent, including Antarctica. Rivers in lower-middle-income nations are the most chemically polluted. Most polluted regions were the ones researched the least, such as sub-Saharan Africa, South America, and southern Asia. Activities most associated with pharmaceutical pollution included trash dumping, inadequate wastewater infrastructure, and the dumping of residual septic tanks.

Global study finds the extent of pharmaceutical pollution in the world's rivers

Global study finds the extent of pharmaceutical pollution in the world's rivers

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