Can sewage treatment plants protect fish from the chemicals in the water?




The Environment Report show

Summary: <p><span style="">When water flows downhill, it carries all kinds of things with it. And when it comes to the water at a sewage treatment plant, some pretty weird things can turn up. Antidepressant drugs, Ibuprofen, hormones, and DEET to name a few. They're known as "emerging contaminants." So what is all this stuff doing to the fish in the water? We’ll talk to researchers about what they know, and what they’re hoping to find out.</span></p>