Medications, pesticides and hormones are emptying into the St. Lawrence River from Montreal’s water-treatment plant, but an ozone disinfection system that would remove significant amounts of those substances won’t be up and running until 2015. A team of researchers at the Université de Montréal has for years been tracking the presence of antibiotics, chemotherapy and […]
Tag: endocrine disruptors
Ozone Seen as a Potential Treatment for Endocrine Disruptors in Water
The European Environment Agency, EEA, has warned that products containing endocrine disrupting chemicals should be treated with caution until their true effects are better known. A few such chemicals have already been banned, but many are still in widespread use. Recent studies have shown that endocrine disruption has serious effects on wildlife. Impact on people […]