Fische, die flussabwärts von Kläranlagen leben, reichern in ihrem Körper Antidepressiva, Opioide und andere Drogen an. Fentanyl, Methadon und Venlafaxin wurden in kleinen Fischen nachgewiesen, die in Flüssen leben, die städtisches Abwasser aufnehmen.
https://uwaterloo.ca/news/media/opioids-and-other-drugs-accumulating-freshwater-fish
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Fish living downstream of wastewater treatment plants are accumulating antidepressants, opioids and other drugs of abuse in their bodies, according to a new study.
Using a new analytical method they developed, a team of researchers from the University of Waterloo discovered that several substances that affect the central nervous system, including fentanyl, methadone and venlafaxine, were detected in small fish living in rivers that receive urban wastewater.
Previous research indicated that these substances have the potential to alter fish behaviour, development and reproduction, but this is the first time that scientists documented their distribution in wild fish in Canada. The findings improve our understanding of how this novel group of contaminants can enter and potentially accumulate in freshwater ecosystems, raising concerns about the potential for long-term effects.
The study appears in Environmental Pollution.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0269749126002885
Never thought I’d be jealous of fish.
I hope it has the same effect on fish that it has on humans and the fish is at least happy. Though I doupt it is healthy or good for the environment at large. Is there any way to filter out these pollutions?
Hopefully the SSRIs don’t kill fish boners. Do fish even get erections?
Pharma companies should have to pay for advanced post-treatment filtration before it gets released back from the wild.
Like are these trace amounts? Like just enough to be detected or enough to be having effects on the fish? And what about if I eat the fish? Also that’s terrifying knowing this stuff is so persistent. I mean I’m on an antidepressant. I wonder how many years after I stop taking them will they be detectable in my body.
Send this to your employer if you fail a drug test.
Well this doesn’t bode well for the UK since private water companies have been dumping every bit of water they physically can full of sewage, no wonder the ecosystems around have been near enough destroyed
„Local stoners develop sudden fishing obsession“
What are we going to do, ask pharmaceutical companies to make less money? Pfft, sorry fishies, at least you don’t feel too depressed about having your species drugged to death?
„drugs of abuse“ is such a strange way to phrase it. kinda icky
Wish I was a fish right now. They got it better off than my sober ass.
One of these things is not like the other