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How drugs we take end up in the water supply
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Oct 20, 2014
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How drugs we take end up in the water supply
Another pollutant in our water that we can't see is medicine we take that passes through our bodies and into our water supply.
Drugs we take pass through us and into our water supply.
Drugs we take pass through us and into our water supply.
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Another pollutant in our water that we can't see is medicine we take that passes through our bodies and into our water supply.

High-profile chemical spills and algae blooms have raised concerns about the safety of drinking water in the U.S.

But there's another kind of pollutant in water that we can't even see: The medicines we take pass through our bodies.

But they eventually end up in the water supply.

In a report for the BBC, chemist Andrea Sella of University College London takes a look at how drugs are ending up in our environment.