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Lahore, Feb 16 (PTI) River Ravi in Pakistan is the most polluted river in the world, followed by water bodies in Bolivia and Ethiopia, a US-based research academy has said, warning that local populations in these areas are exposed to serious risks.<\/p>\n
In its study, the University of York monitored 1,052 sampling sites along 258 rivers in 104 countries across all continents to quantify the presence of pharmaceutical ingredients – paracetamol, nicotine, caffeine and epilepsy and diabetes drugs – in these ecological environments, the Dawn newspaper reported on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
The study concluded that contaminants in surface water posed a threat to environmental and\/or human health in more than a quarter of the studied locations globally – mainly in sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and South America.<\/p>\n
The highest mean cumulative concentration was observed in Lahore, capital of Pakistan’s Punjab province, at 70.8 g\/L, with one sampling site on the Ravi River reaching a maximum cumulative concentration of 189 g\/L.<\/p>\n
This was followed by La Paz river in Bolivia (68.9 g\/L mean, 297 g\/L maximum) and the river system in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (51.3 g\/L mean, 74.2 g\/L maximum), according to the study.<\/p>\n
The most common contaminants were paracetamol, nicotine, caffeine and epilepsy and diabetes drugs in the river, according to the study which was published in the journal of Washington-based National Academy of Sciences.<\/p>\n
Rivers in Iceland, Norway and the Amazon rainforest were recorded as the cleanest.<\/p>\n
The findings of the University of York’s research came as a shock to the environmentalists and local administration of Lahore – which in 2021 earned the ignominious title of the world’s most polluted (air) city by leading air quality monitoring company, IQAir.<\/p>\n
Speaking to Dawn News, environmentalist Afia Salam said river Ravi, a transboundary river of India and Pakistan, had been turned into a drain. We have laws about dumping wastewater and industrial wastage but no law is being implemented in the country, she told the newspaper.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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