Photo by Olga Khabarova on Unsplash The current pandemic reminds us (perhaps all too forcefully) that a basic tenet for life is good health. Advances in medicine have allowed us to make incredible progress in our life expectancy and quality, and will hopefully continue to
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Photo by The Tonik on Unsplash How is it possible that medicines intended to cure disease or relieve symptoms in humans may under certain conditions cause harm to the environment? Two conditions acting together may make it happen. Firstly, medicines or their residues may reach
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Pharmaceutical residues are ubiquitous chemical pollutants in surface waters of populated areas throughout the world. Although the problem was identified several decades ago, it was only recently that proper attention was given to this potential threat to human and environmental health. This
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