What’s in the water? Agnieszka Rayss/Anzenberger/eyevine
PICK up a glass, fill it from the tap and take a sip. You have just had a tiny dose of the pill your neighbour took days before.
Excreted and flushed through our sewage works and waterways, drug molecules are all around us. A recent analysis of streams in the US detected an entire pharmacy: diabetic meds, muscle relaxants, opioids, antibiotics, antidepressants and more. Drugs have even been found in crops irrigated by treated waste water.
The amounts that end up in your glass are minuscule, and…
