Pine bark removes pharmaceutical residues from wastewater – an affordable way to keep antibiotics out of nature

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Source: Mahdiyeh Mohammadzadeh / University of Oulu

Researchers have developed a pine‑bark–based water‑treatment medium that efficiently removes antibiotics as well as residues of blood‑pressure and antidepressant medicines from wastewater treatment plant effluent. 

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