Tamiflu and the environment

[PeetieM]

Just had this raised in the Cornwall Wildlife Trust forum, and haven't seen it mentioned on this one yet:

Bird flu drug carries a lethal threat | Waste and pollution | Guardian Unlimited Environment

Not completely analysed it myself yet, but food for thought.

Pete.

[nightshade]

That is certainly what happened with antibiotics and helped
render them ineffective.
I believe the first antibiotics were used on a policeman who had septicemia
there was so little of the drug that it was recovered from his urine and re-
administered! so certainly water soluble!

[Dennis1234567]

Our waters, both inland and coastal, resembles a chemical soup because we won't listen to them or learn from them. It's built into our self destruct gene.

[Wild-Woman]

Yes, I read about this a little while back. It does seem very feasible and I think there are grounds for concern, should such an outbreak occur.
Goodness only knows what the eventual impact would be, but at least someone is thinking ahead this time. I think we've learnt our lesson through the use of anti-biotics.
Lets hope an answer is found...quickly.