Don’t blame the pill for estrogen in drinking water
Public release date: 8-Dec-2010 - report suggests that animal manure accounts for 90 percent of estrogens in the environment Contrary to popular belief, birth control pills account for less than…
Medicine residues may threaten fish reproduction
Public release date: 31-Mar-2010 - the hormone levonorgestrel, was found in higher concentrations in the blood of fish than in women who take the contraceptive pill [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="320"]…
Superbug MRSA Identified in U.S. Wastewater Treatment Plants
The School of Public Health News November 5, 2012 NEWS RELEASE Contact: Kelly Blake, kellyb@umd.edu, 301-405-9418 University of Maryland-led study is first to document environmental source of the antibiotic-resistant…
Hypertension and cholesterol medications present in water released into the St. Lawrence River
2009 study posted for filing Contact: Julie Gazaille j.cordeau-gazaille@umontreal.ca 514-343-6796 University of Montreal Universite de Montreal research team on the water upstream and downstream from the Montreal wastewater This press…
Prions are not degraded by conventional sewage treatment processes
Re-Posted for filing 2008 Contact: Michael Woods m_woods@acs.org 202-872-4400 American Chemical Society Persistence of Pathogenic Prion Protein during Simulated Wastewater Treatment Processes IMAGE:Wastewater treatment plants do not reduce harmful proteins…
New study links fate of personal care products to environmental pollution and human health concerns: Triclosan
Contact: Joe Caspermeyer joseph.caspermeyer@asu.edu 480-727-0369 Arizona State University Parental concerns in maintaining germ-free homes for their children have led to an ever-increasing demand and the rapid adoption of anti-bacterial soaps…
Tamiflu survives sewage treatment ( oseltamivir )
Contact: Jerker Fick jerker.fick@chem.umu.se 46-480-446-225 Public Library of Science Swedish researchers have discovered that oseltamivir (Tamiflu); an antiviral drug used to prevent and mitigate influenza infections is not removed or…
ASU study finds antimicrobials from personal care products in statewide survey of Minnesota’s rivers and lakes – triclosan
Highlights First statewide U.S. survey finds antimicrobial compounds present in sediments of Minnesota’s rivers, creeks and lakes Personal care product active ingredients triclosan (TCS) and triclocarban (TCC) detected in all…
Hypertension and cholesterol medications present in water released into the St. Lawrence River
Public release date: 26-Jan-2009 - “Methotrexate and cyclophosphamide are two products very often used to treat cancer and are more likely to be found in water,” - Chemotherapy products, such…
‘Estrogen flooding our rivers,’ Université de Montréal study /dumping as much as 90 times the critical amount of estrogen into the river
Public release date: 18-Sep-2008 Montreal water treatment plants dumping as much as 90 times the critical amount of estrogen products into the river The Montreal water treatment plant dumps 90…
Prions are not degraded by conventional sewage treatment processes
Public release date: 23-Jun-2008 Scientists in Wisconsin are reporting in a paper scheduled for the July 1 issue of ACS' Environmental Science & Technology that typical wastewater treatment processes…
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