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Medicines and household chemicals pollute U.S. streams, study finds.
Byline: Julie Deardorff
CHICAGO _ The nation's rivers and streams are awash in trace amounts of painkillers, antibiotics, caffeine, contraceptives, anti-depressants and other pharmaceuticals that have passed first through people and then through sewage plants, according to a pioneering study released Wednesday by the U.S. Geological Survey.
Chemicals in the murky Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal tested at Romeoville, Ill., include anti-diabetic drugs, antacids, cholesterol and hypertension medication. Two other urban waterways sampled, the Des Plaines River at Riverside and Salt Creek at Western Springs, Ill., contain antibiotics, caffeine, nicotine metabolites and triclosan, an ingredient in detergents, antibacterial soap, cosmetics and lotions.
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Source: HighBeam Research, Medicines and household chemicals pollute U.S. streams, study finds.