Medicines impacting Belgian water system, environmental risk analysis demanded

EURACTIV - Prioritising pollution prevention or human health? That's the question probing the ethical limits of Belgium's pharmaceutical industry, amidst discussion of whether to approve new medicines if environmental risk assessments prove inadequate. Read more

"Our waterways harbour more than just water, with antibiotics, painkillers, contraceptives, and chemotherapy medicines eventually find their way into our wastewater." [Shutterstock / Irina Kozorog]