Press release 07/12 from 08.02.2012 | Last changed: 03.07.2013
Painkillers contaminate Germany’s waterbodies
… excretion. Another one hundred tonnes per year owe to the improper disposal of old prescription medicine in the toilet. There is at present no systematic approach … Pharmaceutical drugs are mainly channelled to the environment through household sewage. Most of these substances are excreted- often in unchanged form. …