Risk of pharmaceuticals in water

This handout from WWF-Australia taken in May 2017 shows a team processing a green turtle on a boat in Upstart Bay, Queensland.Human medicines and household substances have been discovered in the blood of green turtles in Australias Great Barrier Reef, researchers said on June 2, 2017, highlighting the impact of man-made matter on marine life. / AFP PHOTO / WWF-AUSTRALIA / Christine HOF / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT AFP PHOTO/HO/WWF-AUSTRALIA/CHRISTINE HOF - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS - NO ARCHIVEONE TIME EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO SALES. NO COMMERCIAL USE. NO THIRD PARTIES. MANDATORY CREDIT. /

AN AFP report last month quoted researchers saying that human medicines and household substances have been discovered in the blood of green turtles in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef.

This shows that even in a so-called developed country, people are unaware of the proper ways of disposing their leftover medicines. More often than not, they would dump them down the sink or flush them into the toilet.