Posted on 02/19/2021 10:12:57 AM PST by Red Badger
Researchers exposed guppies to amounts of Prozac found near sewage plants
Guppies are usually complex creatures with diverse behavior patterns
The drugged fish did 'not have their individuality anymore'
For fish to survive threats in the wild, members of a group need to behave differently from each other
Most sewage filtration plants don't test for pharmaceuticals
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Prozac that finds its way into waterways could be wiping out fish's personality, according to a new study out of Australia.
More than 250 million antidepressant prescriptions are filled in the US every year, including 20 million for Prozac, known generically as fluoxetine.
Traces of the drug typically get into the water when people go to the bathroom, since sewage treatment plants typically don't filter them out.
Guppies exposed to levels of fluoxetine found in waterways near sewage plants exhibited 'an enormous drop' in variability, and all displaying similar behavioral traits.
'For fish populations to thrive in the face of environmental change, members of a group need to behave differently from each other,' they said.
'If a fish makes the wrong decision and dies, some others will survive by taking different actions.'
Because they're so ubiquitous, antidepressants are the most-documented drugs contaminating waterways.
Numerous studies have examined the effects of antidepressants, specifically fluoxetine, on all kinds of wildlife, from shrimp to starlings.
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And Estrogen?
And what other water soluble crap that gets into the sewage?
Women’s birth control chemicals are ending up the same places.
—I put this in the same category as the “news” of about forty years ago that birth control pills, filtering into the water supply, were going to make us all sterile and feminine—
So fish now have personalities? Behavior patterns yes, personalities no. Where are the eco-crazies for these poor guppies? Paging Al Gore, Greta, and no-neck Hogg.
Well, .................
bfl
Zombies? Sounds like those fish need a little coke.
Just changing my Tagline.
“It’s turning the freaking frogs gay!” - Alex Jones
Is it getting into our water too?
Considering the number of Prozac people in the US I’d think so...................
With all the drugs in the water smoking a salmon may take on an entirely new meaning.
Fish are most effected by both. Never mind the humans
Besides, how can a guppy even HAVE a personality when they aren't persons. Shouldn't they have guppynalities?
Great tagline. The democRATs skipped right over 'Marxists' (insert after 'socialists') right into full-blown Communists.
Ummmmmmm, zombie blue gill fillets.
They are now happier fish.
Jazminerose is going to tell authorities that researchers tortured fish and should be federally charged.
Zombie Guppies!!
The inhumanity!!
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