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01/27/2018 / By Earl Garcia

Pharmaceuticals and other manmade contaminants affecting fish survivability by altering metabolism; pharmaceuticals threatening the food supply

A recent animal study published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology revealed that exposure to pharmaceutical contaminants and pollutants — such as birth-control medication, anti-depressants and beta blockers — may drive fishes that live downstream from a typical sewage treatment plant to exert more effort to boost their survival. A team of researchers at McMaster […]

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