Medicine Residue Is Everywhere in Our Rivers and Lakes—and Fish Are Behaving Strangely

For all the well-documented sources of environmental pollution—think chemical manufacturers, energy plants, mining operations, and agricultural processes—there’s another major source of contamination that continues to get short shrift by those charged with protecting the nation’s waterways and the public’s health: Pharmaceuticals and personal care products. “Across the board, we don’t have our heads around this More

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