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Re:Soil Erosion: Why soil is disappearing from farms by notfromhere on Monday July 15, 2019 @09:17AM (#20440475)
sewage treatment plants can't remove drug contaminants
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Re:Soil Erosion: Why soil is disappearing from farms by jsilence on Monday July 15, 2019 @12:01PM (#20442054)
I don't see any reasonable argument why they should not be able to remove at least sizeable parts of drug residues. There is metabolism in the human body and the is bacterial metabolism. Organic matter will be broken down at least partly.
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Re:Soil Erosion: Why soil is disappearing from farms by notfromhere on Monday July 15, 2019 @12:33PM (#20442427)
https://www.health.harvard.edu/newsletter_article/drugs-in-t...

some but not all

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