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09/04/2018 / By Edsel Cook

What our poop is telling researchers: Wastewater studied to learn if drug manufacturers are a major source for contamination of waterways

You have probably heard about researchers investigating sewer water to find out all sorts of things about the health and drug habits of the people in that town or municipality. But it appears that a lot of the pharmaceutical drugs found in wastewater are directly coming from the drug manufacturers themselves, an article on Inside […]

03/07/2018 / By Ethan Huff

Hopi tribe is fighting the use of artificial snow made from treated sewage at a ski resort

One of the four ski resorts that calls the state of Arizona home is the subject of a new lawsuit alleging that the company managing it is defiling the sacredness of the land by spraying ski run terrain with artificial snow made from reclaimed water. According to the Hopi tribe, the San Francisco Peaks near […]

02/06/2018 / By Isabelle Z.

Big Pharma is polluting the environment as well as your health: Pharma factories leak waste, worsening the superbug problem

Big Pharma’s many wrongdoings are well-documented, but most of us focus on the damage they’ve caused to human health. Unfortunately, a new report shows that the environment is also suffering because of their practices – and it’s setting a chain of events in motion that could undo all of the medical progress made in modern […]

09/11/2017 / By Isabelle Z.

Great Lakes fish found heavily contaminated with antidepressant drug chemicals

A new study has found alarmingly high concentrations of human antidepressants in several species of fish in the Niagara River, an important conduit connecting Lake Erie with Lake Ontario. The researchers discovered the presence of antidepressants and their metabolites in brain tissue in fish such as smallmouth bass, largemouth bass, rock bass, white bass, white […]

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