How our medications are making fish less sexual and more aggressive
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Show Notes
Pharmaceuticals in wastewater has been changing the behaviour of fish. Studies have found some fish are even becoming more aggressive and have a lower sex drive from exposure to traces of anti-depressants and ibuprofen.
Katrina Blowers is joined by Ian Wright an Associate professor in Environmental Science to explain what’s happening in out wastewater.
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