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Antidepressants like Prozac, Zoloft and Celexa are being found in the brains of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario fish at up to 20 times the levels in the water. Humans do not usually eat Lake fish brains. so there is no danger to humans. The fish are becoming more mellow, less risk-averse and more easy to catch by predators which is affecting the ecosystem. The drugs molecules are too small to be filtered out by treatment plants and are likely run off from the massive amount of human prescriptions.
Antidepressants like Prozac, Zoloft and Celexa are being found in the brains of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario fish at up to 20 times the levels in the water. Humans do not usually eat Lake fish brains. so there is no danger to humans. The fish are becoming more mellow, less risk-averse and more easy to catch by predators which is affecting the ecosystem. The drugs molecules are too small to be filtered out by treatment plants and are likely run off from the massive amount of human prescriptions.
