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{"id":2563,"date":"2026-04-19T19:41:43","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T19:41:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonathandespres.com\/cryonicsrevival\/?p=2563"},"modified":"2026-04-19T19:41:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T19:41:43","slug":"i-wonder-if-drugs-that-we-eat-can-be-released-in-nature-in-our-toilet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jonathandespres.com\/cryonicsrevival\/2026\/04\/19\/i-wonder-if-drugs-that-we-eat-can-be-released-in-nature-in-our-toilet\/","title":{"rendered":"I wonder if drugs that we eat, can be released in nature in our toilet ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none [--shadow-height:45px] has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none has-data-writing-block:-mt-(--shadow-height) has-data-writing-block:pt-(--shadow-height) [&amp;:has([data-writing-block])&gt;*]:pointer-events-auto scroll-mt-(--header-height)\" dir=\"auto\" data-turn-id=\"997472b3-32d1-4bed-a597-8f7a95b5b786\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-17\" data-scroll-anchor=\"false\" data-turn=\"user\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pt-12 [--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-xs,calc(var(--spacing)*4))] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-sm,calc(var(--spacing)*6))] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-lg,calc(var(--spacing)*16))] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-1\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"user\" data-message-id=\"997472b3-32d1-4bed-a597-8f7a95b5b786\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden items-end rtl:items-start\">\n<div class=\"user-message-bubble-color corner-superellipse\/0.98 relative min-w-0 rounded-[22px] px-4 py-2.5 leading-6 max-w-(--user-chat-width,70%)\">\n<div class=\"[overflow-wrap:anywhere] whitespace-pre-wrap\">I\u2019m checking a couple of solid public-health and environmental sources so I can answer this accurately.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none [--shadow-height:45px] has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none has-data-writing-block:-mt-(--shadow-height) has-data-writing-block:pt-(--shadow-height) [&amp;:has([data-writing-block])&gt;*]:pointer-events-auto scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" data-turn-id=\"request-WEB:36491f40-1fd7-4f66-a1d5-f6a71814dd16-8\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-18\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\" data-turn=\"assistant\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-xs,calc(var(--spacing)*4))] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-sm,calc(var(--spacing)*6))] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-lg,calc(var(--spacing)*16))] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-1\" dir=\"auto\" tabindex=\"0\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"ccf62d01-ef9b-4ade-99c6-fc4de6231c5d\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-4-thinking\" data-turn-start-message=\"true\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full wrap-break-word dark markdown-new-styling\">\n<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"359\">Yes. A lot of medicines can leave the body in <strong data-start=\"46\" data-end=\"64\">urine or feces<\/strong>, either <strong data-start=\"73\" data-end=\"86\">unchanged<\/strong> or as <strong data-start=\"93\" data-end=\"108\">metabolites<\/strong>, and then go into sewage and wastewater. EPA and EMA sources both describe human pharmaceuticals entering wastewater after use and excretion, and note that wastewater treatment does not always remove all of them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m checking a couple of solid public-health and environmental sources so I can answer this accurately. Yes. A lot of medicines can leave the body in urine or feces, either unchanged or as metabolites, and then go into sewage and wastewater. EPA and EMA sources both describe human pharmaceuticals entering wastewater after use and excretion, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[53],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonathandespres.com\/cryonicsrevival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2563"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonathandespres.com\/cryonicsrevival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonathandespres.com\/cryonicsrevival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonathandespres.com\/cryonicsrevival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonathandespres.com\/cryonicsrevival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2563"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jonathandespres.com\/cryonicsrevival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2563\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2564,"href":"https:\/\/jonathandespres.com\/cryonicsrevival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2563\/revisions\/2564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonathandespres.com\/cryonicsrevival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonathandespres.com\/cryonicsrevival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonathandespres.com\/cryonicsrevival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}