The Drugs We Wash Away: Pharmaceuticals, Drinking Water and the Environment
The media has reported that medicines, such as antibiotics and hormones in birth control pills, are being found in rivers and lakes and even in drinking water. How do drugs get there, and do they have effects? Is there anything being done to address this? Can YOU do anything to help?
Pills in the water cycle – what can we do about it?
The noPILLS pilot project DSADS runs in the city of Dülmen. It seeks to develop options for action: What can consumers, medical staff, researchers, members of water boards and politicians do to reduce the input of pharmaceutical residues at the source? The following film builds upon a short film of the PHARMAS project (see below) and has been developed further by the DSADS project team. The film illustrates how all involved stakeholders can contribute jointly to solutions.
Concept and Production: Florian Keil (kib) und Issa Nafo (Lippeverband) Script: Florian Keil, Issa Nafo, Nicolas de Leval Jezierski Consulting: Rodrigo Vidaurre (Ecologic institute) Direction and Animation: Nicolas de Leval Jezierski Sound Design and Music: Michal Krajczok Voice-over: Andreas Sparberg Funding: Gefördert durch das Ministerium für Klimaschutz, Umwelt, Landwirtschaft, Natur- und Verbraucherschutz des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen im Rahmen des Projekts DSADS und der Europäischen Union im Rahmen des INTERRG IV-B-Projekts noPILLS.
Disclaimer Für die Inhalte dieser Animation sind allein die Autoren verantwortlich. Die geäußerten Ansichten und Meinungen sind keine offiziellen Positionen des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen oder der Europäischen Kommission.
Related websites www.dsads.de
www.no-pills.euFurther informationen „PILLS: Pharmazeutische Rückstände in der aquatischen Umwelt – eine Herausforderung für die Zukunft“, Emschergenossenschaft, 2012
„Environmentally Classified Pharmaceuticals“, Stockholm County Council, 2012.
The Drugs We Wash Away
PHARMAS, a project with a similar topic such as noPILLS has made the following animation to illustrate this. The animation gives answers to these questions. It was funded by the EU within the FP7 research programme.
Further links World Health Organisation Report (2012): Pharmaceuticals in Drinking-Water (www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/publications/2011/pharmaceuticals/en/)
