How US sewage plants can remove medicines from wastewater

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.

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