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Antidepressants found in fish

 

Drugs not removed by sewage treatment

 

By WILLIAM MARSDEN, The GazetteJanuary 22, 2011 4:03 AM

 

 

St. Lawrence River fish are loaded with antidepressant drugs such as Prozac, leading scientists to wonder if the "happy hormone" is altering the lifestyle of the chronically grumpy-looking marine animals.
Researchers at the Universite de Montreal and Environment Canada have discovered large quantities of antidepressants in the liver, muscle and brain tissues of brook trout exposed to three months of various levels of treated effluent from Montreal's sewage treatment plant.