Almost half the world’s rivers are poisoned with over-the-counter and prescription drugs, according to new research.
They range from antibiotics, antidepressants, and painkillers to oral contraceptives, hay fever pills, and tranquilizers.
The River Clyde in Scotland is the most pharmaceutically polluted in the United Kingdom, with epilepsy drug carbamazepine the most common found in nearly 70 percent of British rivers.
