"Drug pollution was already known to be harming wildlife, from antidepressants causing starlings to feed less and contraceptive drugs reducing fish populations. "If I were a fish living in some of these rivers, I'd be worried right now," said Wilkinson." by Damian Carrington via The Guardian Image credit: © Robert Harding/Rex/Shutterstock Humanity's drugs have polluted rivers across the entire world and pose "a global threat to environmental and human health", according to the most comprehensive study to date. Pharmaceuticals and other biologically active compounds used by humans are known to harm wildlife and antibiotics in the environment drive up the risk of resistance to the drugs, one of the greatest threats to humanity. The scientists measured the concentration of 61 active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) at more than 1,000 sites along 258 rivers and in 104 countries, covering all continents. Only two places were unpolluted - Iceland and a Venezuelan village where the