More than 90% of contraceptives and anti-cancer medications that are ingested leave the body unimpeded and end up unfiltered in our water.

More than 90% of contraceptives and anti-cancer medications that are ingested leave the body unimpeded and end up unfiltered in our water.

Prof. Dr. Stefan W. Hockertz is interviewed in this video by Alexander Glogg, from the private broadcaster QS24, on a topic that affects everyone but receives little attention in mainstream media. Instead of taking effect in the body, a growing pharmaceutical cocktail enters the water cycle daily, something for which treatment plants are in no way equipped to handle.

According to Prof. Hockertz, the so-called bioavailability is the problem. Bioavailability is a measurement that defines the proportion of a pharmaceutical active ingredient that is available in the bloodstream; in other words, how quickly and to what extent a substance is absorbed by the body and reaches its site of action. From the respective bioavailability of each medication, the extent of contamination of the drinking water cycle by each medication can be determined very precisely. (continued)