I have been concerned about this problem.  I am seeing this in Hog lagoons where Antibiotics are fed to Hogs and their urine contains the residue going into the lagoons and causing problems (weakening or killing)  the Microbes we put in to chew up the sludge.  So, I assure you that you cannot stop these drugs from getting into the Waste water.  There is another way, for example,  we can now produce  strains of Microbes which can break up PCBs  (PolyChlorinated Biphenols)  we do not eliminate them but we can break them up so that they are no longer a carcinogen.  The Microbes break up the PolyChlorinated chain.  We have only touch the surface of the strains or species of Microbes out there but I am very confident we can find some that will break up these Pharmaceuticals.

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I have been concerned about this problem.  I am seeing this in Hog lagoons where Antibiotics are fed to Hogs and their urine contains the residue going into the lagoons and causing problems (weakening or killing)  the Microbes we put in to chew up the sludge.  So, I assure you that you cannot stop these drugs from getting into the Waste water.  There is another way, for example,  we can now produce  strains of Microbes which can break up PCBs  (PolyChlorinated Biphenols)  we do not eliminate them but we can break them up so that they are no longer a carcinogen.  The Microbes break up the PolyChlorinated chain.  We have only touch the surface of the strains or species of Microbes out there but I am very confident we can find some that will break up these Pharmaceuticals.