Half Of The World Rivers Contaminated By Drugs – Study

A new study conducted by a researcher at the University of York and her team has found that half of the world's rivers are contaminated by drugs.

According to a research team that released their findings on Wednesday in the journal Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, a startling 43.5 percent of the world's waterways are contaminated with drugs.

Alejandra Bouzas-Monroy, a researcher at the University of York, and her team examined (pdf below) 1,052 samples from 104 different countr...

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