New Study Links Fate Of Personal Care Products To Environmental Pollution And Human Health Concerns
Friday, May 16, 2008 - 10:21
in Health & Medicine
People's concern in maintaining germ-free homes has led to the widespread use of anti-bacterial soaps and cleaning agents. But the active ingredients of those antiseptic soaps have come under scrutiny due to environmental and human health concerns. Now, researchers have shown that antimicrobial ingredients used a half a century ago persist today in estuarine sediments into which New York City and Baltimore have discharged their treated domestic wastewater.