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After medicines protect human health, some of their active ingredients and metabolites can pass through wastewater treatment and enter rivers. This article examines pharmaceutical pollution, combined exposure to antibiotics, ecological effects, antimicrobial resistance, and how the entire life cycle of medicine can be redesigned.

飲んだ薬の一部は、尿や便とともに下水へ入り、処理しきれないまま川や海へ流れます。日本の河川で検出される抗生物質やその代謝物、複数成分が混ざることで生じる生態リスク、薬剤耐性の問題を考えます。