Digitalis canariensis cm large flowers with short petals and noticeable upper lip and lower lip. Bird pollination was documented (island populations of "Phylloscopus"-species). The fruit is a capsule. "Digitalis canariensis" contains cardenolids (cardiac glycosids), which are toxic in the case of an overdose. Medical use is documented (primarily historic). For reasons of species conservation it is to refrain to influence wild stocks. "Digitalis canariensis" is endemic to the Canary Islands. It grows in woody areas (laurel forest, "Erica arborea"-covered woods) of Tenerife, La Gomera and La Palma. Digitalis canariensis Digitalis canariensis is a member of the genus "Digitalis". It is commonly called
Drug pollution Drug pollution Drug pollution or pharmaceutical pollution is pollution of the environment with pharmaceutical drugs and their metabolites, which reach the aquatic environment (groundwater, rivers, lakes, and oceans) through wastewater. Drug pollution is therefore mainly a form of water pollution. "Pharmaceutical pollution is now detected in waters throughout the world," said a scientist at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies in Millbrook, New York. "Causes include aging infrastructure, sewage overflows and agricultural runoff. Even when wastewater makes it to sewage treatment facilities, they aren't equipped to remove pharmaceuticals." Most such pollution comes simply from the drugs having been cleared and