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10 months ago

Our medications are leaking into waterways and may be changing fish behavior

Pharmaceutical pollution in waterways affects fish behavior.
Clobazam increased migration success in Atlantic salmon during a controlled study.
fromwww.npr.org
10 months ago

Anxiety drugs found in rivers make salmon take more risks

"On the face of it, it sounds like giving drugs to fish is beneficial," said Jack Brand, a biologist at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. "But any departure from natural behaviour is likely to have potential broad and negative consequences for the population."
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