Nature Communications (Nov 2018)

A diverse suite of pharmaceuticals contaminates stream and riparian food webs

  • Erinn K. Richmond,
  • Emma J. Rosi,
  • David M. Walters,
  • Jerker Fick,
  • Stephen K. Hamilton,
  • Tomas Brodin,
  • Anna Sundelin,
  • Michael R. Grace

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06822-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Pharmaceuticals are widespread contaminants in surface waters. Here, Richmond and colleagues show that dozens of pharmaceuticals accumulate in food chains of streams, including in predators in adjacent terrestrial ecosystems.