michaelApr 11, 2025

10-Apr-2025
#DrugPollution alters #migration #behavior in #salmon

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1079733 #science #environment #pollution #drugs

Drug pollution alters migration behavior in salmon

Study reveals commonly detected environmental levels of clobazam – a medication often prescribed for sleep disorders – increased the river-to-sea migration success of juvenile salmon in the wild. The research team employed slow-release pharmaceutical implants and animal-tracking transmitters to monitor how exposure to clobazam and the opioid painkiller tramadol – another common pharmaceutical pollutant – affected the behaviour and migration of juvenile Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) in Sweden’s River Dal as they migrated to the Baltic Sea.

EurekAlert!
SubtleBlade ⚔️Sep 27, 2024

‘#TheAgeOfExtinction

‘Rivers you think are pristine are not’: how #DrugPollution flooded #England’s #NationalParks – and put human #health at risk

High levels of antibiotics and other drugs have been found in water in the country’s most treasured and protected landscapes, raising concerns over #AntimicrobialResistance'
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/sep/27/amr-drug-resistance-england-national-parks-hidden-hazards-rivers-pollution-aoe

‘Rivers you think are pristine are not’: how drug pollution flooded the UK’s waterways – and put human health at risk

High levels of antibiotics and other drugs have been found in water in the country’s most treasured and protected landscapes, raising concerns over antimicrobial resistance

The Guardian