Studies have shown that up to 90% of your original prescription passes out of you unaltered

Active vocabulary


Read and learn the words:

antibiotics — antibiotiklar wastewater — oqava suv treatment — ishlov berish facility — manba equip — jixozlamoq filter — filtr; filtrlamoq pharmaceuticals — farmokologik fragrance — aromat molecule — molekula tissue — to̒qima (biologiya)

leak — oqish inadequate — mos emas sewer / storm —oqava suv va shiddatli yomg̒ir septic — septik tank — bak, konteyner groundwater –yerosti suvlari beach — dengiz boʻyi, plyaj advisory — informatsion xabar, havf- hatar xaqida e’lon

1. 
   Answer the following questions on the text.
   

What personal-care products and household cleaning products may be the cause of water pollution?

How much of the medicinal original prescription passes out into the sewage system?
How does animal farming contribute to the water pollution?
Why do all these dangerous chemicals go into water?
What alien molecules do scientists find in fish?
How do chemicals affect frogs?
What is the major source of water pollution?
How much of the untreated wastewater is discharged directly into rivers and streams in developing countries?
How much of raw sewage is sent into US rivers, lakes, and bays every year?
To what extend do American beaches suffer from the sewage discharges?

2. 
   Fill the blanks with the words from the text.
   

We should realize that almost all of it goes down the drain when we do ...., wash our hands, brush our teeth or bathe.

When we take medications, we eventually excrete the .... in altered or unaltered form.

Animal farming operations that use growth .... and antibiotics also send large quantities of these chemicals into our waters.

A large .... of the chemicals passes right into the local waterway.

.... from birth control pills are causing gender-bending hormonal effects in frogs and fish.

The chemical nonylphenol .... fish reproduction and growth.

But the major source of water pollution is .... .

The overflow from .... sewage treatment facilities can send disease-bearing water into rivers and oceans.

.... septic tanks can cause groundwater and stream contamination.

The beaches in the US are put under water pollution .... or are closed each year.

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