Downstream from Your Sunscreen

Published: July 28, 2017, 6 p.m.

Sunscreen, bug spray, shampoo, deodorant. When we wash personal care products like these off of our bodies, they go down the drain, pass through wastewater treatment plants, and end up in our rivers and oceans. Scientists have found numerous ill effects from these chemicals, including the feminization of fish. Environmental engineer Lee Blaney , associate professor at UMBC, joins us to talk about his r esearch in local waterways .