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Entry and occurrence of human pharmaceuticals in the environment
… by bacteria (7). The majority of sewage sludge in Germany (80.2% in 2022) is thermally processed through co-incineration in waste-to-energy plants, … (dry matter) were generated from public wastewater treatment plants in Germany in 2022. Of this, 13.9% was used as fertiliser in agriculture, and 0.8% was applied in … each varying in effectiveness for different pharmaceutical substances. In October 2022, the European Commission proposed equipping all larger sewage treatment plants …