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n2doc

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3. It is not taken out by sewage treatment

Reply to jwirr (Reply #2)

Sat Apr 25, 2015, 07:01 PM

Apr 2015

So it gets into the waters that way. Along with other drugs that aren't broken down easily. Drug companies deliberately design drugs to be breakdown resistant so that they last longer in the body. But this also reduces the ability of bacteria to break these compounds down.

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Diabetes drug found in freshwater is a potential cause of intersex fish [View all] n2doc Apr 2015 OP

Why are drugs showing up in lakes? In_The_Wind Apr 2015 #1

See #3 n/t n2doc Apr 2015 #4

How does it get in the waters? I do know that my metformin does not fully digest. jwirr Apr 2015 #2

It is not taken out by sewage treatment n2doc Apr 2015 #3

Thank you. jwirr Apr 2015 #5