Soaking up pharmaceuticals and personal care products from water

(American Chemical Society) Medications excreted in the urine or dumped into the toilet can end up in the water supply, just like lotions or cosmetics that wash off the body and go down the sink or shower drain. Unfortunately, conventional wastewater treatment cannot completely remove pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs). Now, researchers reporting inACS Applied Materials& Interfaces have developed an adsorbent membrane that they say could be used to purify water contaminated with PPCPs.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news