Salmon Exposed to Cocaine Swim Farther, Signaling Environmental Drug Pollution
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A study of 105 wild Atlantic salmon in Sweden’s Lake Vattern found fish exposed to cocaine and its metabolite benzoylecgonine swam about 1.9 times farther per week than unexposed fish, with the metabolite exposure adding roughly 7.6 extra miles — highlighting how pharmaceuticals in waterways are altering wildlife behavior and underscoring the need for improved wastewater treatment and monitoring, with related notes on sharks also ingesting drugs in other regions.
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- Scientists Gave Cocaine to Salmon and You Will Absolutely Believe What Happened Next WIRED
- Here’s what happens when you give salmon cocaine Scientific American
- Coked to the gills? Cocaine-laced wastewater can make salmon roam twice as far The Conversation
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