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

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

Period23 Feb 2019 → 24 Feb 2019

Media coverage

8

Media coverage

  • Title'Public health risk': What pharmaceutical residue does to waterways
    Media name/outletCanberra Times Online
    CountryAustralia
    Date24/02/19
    PersonsRoss Thompson
  • Title'Public health risk': What pharmaceutical residue does to waterways
    Media name/outletSydney Morning Herald
    CountryAustralia
    Date23/02/19
    PersonsRoss Thompson
  • Title'Public health risk': What pharmaceutical residue does to waterways
    Media name/outletMelbourne Age
    CountryAustralia
    Date23/02/19
    PersonsRoss Thompson
  • Title'Public health risk': What pharmaceutical residue does to waterways
    Media name/outletWA Today
    CountryAustralia
    Date23/02/19
    PersonsRoss Thompson
  • Title'Public health risk': What pharmaceutical residue does to waterways
    Media name/outletWA Today
    CountryAustralia
    Date23/02/19
    PersonsRoss Thompson
  • Title'Public health risk': What pharmaceutical residue does to waterways
    Media name/outletWA Today
    CountryAustralia
    Date23/02/19
    PersonsRoss Thompson
  • Title'Public health risk': What pharmaceutical residue does to waterways
    Media name/outletCanberra Times
    CountryAustralia
    Date23/02/19
    PersonsRoss Thompson
  • Title'Public health risk': What pharmaceutical residue does to waterways
    Media name/outletBrisbane Times
    CountryAustralia
    Date23/02/19
    PersonsRoss Thompson
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