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Motion on one-off housing wastewater treatment poses health risk, An Taisce warns

November 20th, 2018 A Sinn Fein motion to allow Local Authorities to grant wastewater treatment licences to one-off houses in areas that have failed a percolation test poses a danger to human health, An Taisce has warned. The motion, set to be tabled this evening, comes in response to concerns Read more…

By Niall Sargent, 5 yearsNovember 20, 2018 ago

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Flushed medicine: creating antibiotic resistant bacteria in our wastewater

August 16th, 2018 Drugs going through wastewater treatment plants pollute the environment and could threat human health, warn scientists. A US study published last June shows that pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities are an important source of chemicals going into the environment even if they first pass through wastewater treatment plants. The Read more…

By Charline Fernandez, 5 years ago