Why is removing pharmaceuticals from Hospital Wastewater a key sustainability challenge?

Hospitals are trusted institutions of care, but they also generate wastewater containing a complex mixture of pharmaceutical residues, disinfectants, diagnostic agents, pathogens, and antimicrobial-resistant microorganisms. Among these contaminants, pharmaceuticals are increasingly recognized as a significant environmental concern because of their persistence, biological activity, and the challenges associated with their removal. And yet, across most of […]