Press Release Newswise | In a study published September 24th ahead of print in the peer-reviewed journal Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP) , researchers measured oseltamivir carboxylate (OC), the active metabolite of the popular anti-influenza drug Tamiflu (oseltamivir phosphate), in samples of sewage discharge and river water collected near Kyoto City during Japan’s 2008–2009 flu season. Scientists already knew that OC withstands the activated sludge treatment process used by

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