Actions to reduce pharmaceutical emissions in the Baltic Sea region

Press Release June 21 2021
Since 2017 CWPharma project has worked to gather and produce data on the consumption of pharmaceuticals and their concentrations in the environment, to identify the most problematic compounds and to find the best ways to decrease their emissions. One of the key findings is that twelve out of 75 studied pharmaceuticals were identified as a risk to the Baltic Sea environment. The Action Plan suggested by the project highlights the need for a combination of emission reduction schemes.

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