Digitalis canariensis Digitalis canariensis Digitalis canariensis is a member of the genus "Digitalis". It is commonly called Canary Island foxglove. This species is part of section "Isoplexis", which was temporarily accepted as an own genus. The synonym "Isoplexis canariensis" is still established. In general data concerning the state of "Isoplexis"-species differ depending on the source currently (2017). Individuals of these species are shrubby and evergreen plants that grow up to 150 cm tall. The plant has lanceolate-ovoid leaves. The leaf margin is sawn. In the upper part, the leaves are arranged like a rosette. The inflorescence is a cluster of orange-reddish, 3
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