High levels of antibiotics and other drugs have been found in water in the country’s most treasured and protected landscapes, raising concerns over antimicrobial resistance
‘Rivers you think are pristine are not’: how drug pollution flooded England’s national parks – and put human health at risk
We urgently need to know more about how humans are exposed to these bacteria and how they colonise our guts Pharmaceutical pollution from human drugs typically ends up in waterways through the sewage system. When people take a medication, not all of it is absorbed by the body.In the UK and many other countries, there is no process to test for pharmaceutical pollution, or to remove it from sewage during treatment. Sewage treatment works are designed to deal with organic waste and are much less effective with chemicals.
The reason Brook Head Beck came to register such high levels of contaminant lies a mile up the road in the village of Tideswell. “What goes down the drain is telling you about the population,” says Boxall.
“The way we monitor and regulate chemicals is stuck in the dark ages,” says Boxall, who says authorities should set “safe levels”
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