Expert: Plants can absorb chemicals from treated wastewater

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Fort Collins Coloradoan - Fort Collins, Colo.

Author:	TREVOR HUGHES
Date:	Aug 6, 2009
Start Page:	A.1
Section:	A Section
Text Word Count:	386

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Speaking at a Colorado State University forum on emerging contaminants, Sanchez said his tests showed what he considered very low amounts of illicit drugs such as methamphetamine and ecstasy, along with antibiotics, present in crops such as melons, cantaloupe and spinach irrigated with the effluent.

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