Glastonbury: Drug Traces in Pee of Festival Goers Could Harm Aquatic Creatures

Scientists have discovered what they referred to as environmentally damaging levels of illicit drugs in the river moving through Glastonbury festival due to public urination in the area. Researchers took measurements of levels of illegal drugs in the river prior, during, and following the Glastonbury festival that took place in 2019 and then compared levels upstream and downstream of the event.