Alex Ford, UK Marine Biology professor at the University of Portsmouth, says that when the sewage treatment plant at Hampshire’s Langstone Habor, on the southern coast of England, becomes overloaded, it spills raw sewage into the harbor. That means that it’s dumping not just human excrement, but also the drugs that excrement contains, including contraceptives, anti-depressants, and cocaine. — Read the rest
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