How US sewage plants can remove medicines from wastewater
Wednesday, January 8, 2020 - 16:40
in Health & Medicine
A study of seven wastewater treatment plants in the Eastern United States points to two treatment methods -- granular activated carbon and ozonation -- as particularly promising. Each technique reduced the concentration of a number of pharmaceuticals, including certain antidepressants and antibiotics, in water by more than 95%, the scientists' analysis found.