Lia Diagnostics recently launched the first-ever flushable pregnancy test at TechCrunch in Berlin.The tests are made from a special paper that claims it will disintegrate in water and biodegrade, which allows it to be flushed.It remains to be seen how the flushable tests could affect treatment plants, and the company claims it’s just getting started with its technology.“What we’ve done here is essentially creating a new category of water-dispersable, biodegradable diagnostics,” said company founder Bethany Edwards at TechCrunch. “This is just the start for us.”Source: TechCrunch.comAntibiotics Discovered in Minnesota LakesResearchers recently discovered that medications are passing through wastewater systems and
