Our increasing dependency on pharmaceuticals comes at a major environmental cost, researchers have warned.
Our increasing dependency on pharmaceuticals comes at a major environmental cost, researchers have warned.
In an article published in the journal Nature Sustainabilty, researchers warn that discharges to the environment during drug production, use, and disposal have resulted in ecosystems around the globe being polluted with mixtures of pharmaceuticals, posing a growing danger to wildlife and human health.
While emphasising that pharmaceuticals are indispensable in modern healthcare and will remain crucial in the future, the researchers highlight the need for designing and manufacturing more sustainable drugs to combat this issue at source.
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