[image via Natural Resources Canada]
Nowadays more people than ever seem to be on meds, which makes the following fact just so, so gross: Apparently when we take medication like mood stabilizers and beta-blockers, a fraction of it goes into our body, and the rest goes right through us into the toilet. Said medication then evades the normal wastewater filtration processes, and the resultant sewage goes out into the world. And then "even small amounts of these compounds can significantly affect the health of animals and ecosystems.... Unabsorbed hormones from birth-control pills and other drugs can make their way into rivers, where they can alter the reproductive patterns of fish."
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