The River Clyde has been named as the 'most contaminated' by pharmaceuticals in the UK in a new study.
The University of York study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), looked into pollution of rivers across the world by medicinal chemicals such as pharmaceutical drugs.
The study looked at 54 sampling locations on 12 rivers in the UK, detecting pharmaceuticals in all but four sites. The River Clyde was found to be the most contaminated site in the UK.
