PETALING JAYA: Irresponsibly discarded antibiotics, steroids, hormones and painkillers, as well as high blood pressure, asthma, antibacterial, anti-inflammation and infection medications are making waves in our drinking water sources.
Such pharmaceuticals have emerged in surface water, riverbanks, drinking water, sewage or water treatment plant effluent, and even hospital effluent, according to a study titled “Assessing the Impact of Pharmaceutical Contamination in Malaysian Groundwater: Risks, Modelling, and Remediation Strategies”.
