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Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days ago

Cocaine-affected salmon swim nearly twice as far

www.smithsonianmag.com

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Cocaine-affected salmon swim nearly twice as far

www.smithsonianmag.com

Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days ago
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Cocaine Pollution Seems to Make Salmon Swim Farther Than Usual. Scientists Don't Know the Long-Term Consequences
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The illegal drug’s main byproduct, benzoylecgonine, caused more robust effects than cocaine itself. Wastewater treatment plants often don't fully process such metabolites, so they are frequently found in bodies of water at higher concentrations than their parent drugs

cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/47965345

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    Why is that picture of a completely different species of fish

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      What species do you think is pictured? Looks like young salmon to me.

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      Apparently those are young Atlantic Salmon?

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