'Public health risk': What pharmaceutical residue does to waterways

Ross M Thompson

Science

Description

A Canberra professor has warned that pharmaceutical residue contaminating waterways could be impacting on human health as drugs are transferred through the food chain.

Professor Ross Thompson is urging the public to dispose of unused medicines properly to stop the problem escalating, on the back of alarming results in two recent studies.

Subject

Water Ecology; Water Quality; Health

Period	23 Feb 2019 → 24 Feb 2019

Media coverage

Title 'Public health risk': What pharmaceutical residue does to waterways
Media name/outlet Canberra Times Online
Country Australia
Date 24/02/19
Persons Ross Thompson
Title 'Public health risk': What pharmaceutical residue does to waterways
Media name/outlet Sydney Morning Herald
Country Australia
Date 23/02/19
Persons Ross Thompson
Title 'Public health risk': What pharmaceutical residue does to waterways
Media name/outlet Melbourne Age
Country Australia
Date 23/02/19
Persons Ross Thompson
Title 'Public health risk': What pharmaceutical residue does to waterways
Media name/outlet WA Today
Country Australia
Date 23/02/19
Persons Ross Thompson
Title 'Public health risk': What pharmaceutical residue does to waterways
Media name/outlet WA Today
Country Australia
Date 23/02/19
Persons Ross Thompson
Title 'Public health risk': What pharmaceutical residue does to waterways
Media name/outlet WA Today
Country Australia
Date 23/02/19
Persons Ross Thompson
Title 'Public health risk': What pharmaceutical residue does to waterways
Media name/outlet Canberra Times
Country Australia
Date 23/02/19
Persons Ross Thompson
Title 'Public health risk': What pharmaceutical residue does to waterways
Media name/outlet Brisbane Times
Country Australia
Date 23/02/19
Persons Ross Thompson

Title	'Public health risk': What pharmaceutical residue does to waterways
Media name/outlet	Canberra Times Online
Country	Australia
Date	24/02/19
Persons	Ross Thompson

Title	'Public health risk': What pharmaceutical residue does to waterways
Media name/outlet	Sydney Morning Herald
Country	Australia
Date	23/02/19
Persons	Ross Thompson

Title	'Public health risk': What pharmaceutical residue does to waterways
Media name/outlet	Melbourne Age
Country	Australia
Date	23/02/19
Persons	Ross Thompson

Title	'Public health risk': What pharmaceutical residue does to waterways
Media name/outlet	WA Today
Country	Australia
Date	23/02/19
Persons	Ross Thompson

Title	'Public health risk': What pharmaceutical residue does to waterways
Media name/outlet	WA Today
Country	Australia
Date	23/02/19
Persons	Ross Thompson

Title	'Public health risk': What pharmaceutical residue does to waterways
Media name/outlet	WA Today
Country	Australia
Date	23/02/19
Persons	Ross Thompson

Title	'Public health risk': What pharmaceutical residue does to waterways
Media name/outlet	Canberra Times
Country	Australia
Date	23/02/19
Persons	Ross Thompson

Title	'Public health risk': What pharmaceutical residue does to waterways
Media name/outlet	Brisbane Times
Country	Australia
Date	23/02/19
Persons	Ross Thompson

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