Drug residues are new pollutants in Chennai water bodies

Chennai | Saturday | 23rd February, 2019

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CHENNAI: Metrowater engineers have found new contaminants in the water bodies from where water is supplied to the city residents after treatment. “Now, caffeine and chemical residues have entered water bodies. Continuous monitoring of water bodies is one of the ways to control the level. If they continue to get accumulated in the water bodies it will have an adverse impact on health, the officer said. Through drains, these waste get into water bodies..