February 18, 2013

Fish Behavior Influenced by Psychiatric Drugs in Waterways


[From article]
Psychiatric drugs taken by humans to cope with anxiety are being excreted and flushed into waterways where they are probably affecting fish behaviour.
This is the conclusion of a new Swedish study reported in Science magazine.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21437404

14 February 2013 Last updated at 14:13 ET
Drug residues 'alter fish behaviour'
By Jonathan Amos
Science correspondent,
BBC News, Boston

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