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Sweden: Perch exposed to human anti-anxiety drugs become isolated, aggressive – study
Posted by Reuters: Irene Klotz on February 15th, 2013
Reuters: Wild perch living in water tainted with a commonly prescribed human anti-anxiety drug aggressively feed, shun other fish and become careless, according to the results of a study presented at a meeting of scientists on Thursday.
"We knew there was a pharmaceutical that was present in the environment that had behavioral-changing capabilities in humans, but what could this do to fish?" said chemist Jerker Fick of Umea University in Sweden.
The findings highlighted the potential ecological implications...
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