Drug pollution in water is making salmon take more risks – new research

Drug pollution in water is making salmon take more risks – new research

Source: The Conversation

Pharmaceutical pollution can significantly affect wild animal behaviour, including speeding up salmon migration.

“Out of sight, out of mind” is how we often treat what is flushed down our toilets. But the drugs we take, from anxiety medications to antibiotics, don’t simply vanish after leaving our bodies. Many are not fully removed by wastewater treatment syste… [5231 chars]

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