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Household Chemicals and Drugs Found in Biosolids from Wastewater Treatment Plants

http://toxics.usgs.gov/highlights/biosolids.html

Research findings and examples of application to real problems--biosolids have high concentrations of household contaminants compared to treated liquid wastewater effluent.

by Toxic Substances Hydrology Program (Sponsor)
Related topics:
Agricultural water use, Human environmental safety, Pharmaceutical contamination, Waste treatment and disposal, Water chemistry

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