Wastewater treatment plants not only struggle removing pharmaceuticals, it seems some drugs actually increase after treatment. When researchers tested wastewater before and after treatment at a Milwaukee-area treatment plant, they found that two drugs — the anti-epileptic carbamazepine and antibiotic […]
The health and well being of people in Canada is in extricably linked to the environment. The impacts of climate change on human health, either directly or indirectly, are already presenting new challenges for the health services sector and environmental […]
Physicians’ offices are not as healthy as one might think. Offices contain numerous potentially toxic chemicals, such as mercury and glutaraldehyde. Plastic medical supplies release toxic furans and dioxins into the atmosphere during their production and disposal. The energy sources […]
