Low dose, constant drip: Pharmaceutical & personal care pollution impacts aquatic life

(Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies) Traditional toxicity testing underestimates the risk that pharmaceutical and personal care product pollution poses to freshwater ecosystems. Criteria that account for ecological disruption -- not just organism death -- are needed to protect surface waters, which are under pressure from a growing population and escalating synthetic chemical use. So reports a new study published this week in Elementa.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news