Seattle-Area Salmon Are Loaded with Anti-Depressants and Other Drugs
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#2Too many garage bands....
In seriousness, curious about comparisons related to other areas...
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#4"In the past we've looked at PCP and DDT. Pharmaceuticals are the next frontier."
I wasn't aware that PCP was so prevalent in the Seattle area.
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#5"In the past we've looked at PCP and DDT. Pharmaceuticals are the next frontier." I wasn't aware that PCP was so prevalent in the Seattle area.
In this case PCP = post consumer plastic. Think micro plastic particles from ocean debris and trash washed off short.
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#6"In the past we've looked at PCP and DDT. Pharmaceuticals are the next frontier." I wasn't aware that PCP was so prevalent in the Seattle area.
In this case PCP = post consumer plastic. Think micro plastic particles from ocean debris and trash washed off short.
Really? I actually thought they meant "PCBs". Learn something new every day, I guess.
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#7Can someone clarify? When the article says "human waste" are they referring to garbage or urine/feces?
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#8Just the Salmon? ;-)
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#9"In the past we've looked at PCP and DDT. Pharmaceuticals are the next frontier." I wasn't aware that PCP was so prevalent in the Seattle area.
In this case PCP = post consumer plastic. Think micro plastic particles from ocean debris and trash washed off short.
And particularly worrisome are the little plastic beads that make your ex-foliating shower scrub so pretty looking. They're also made of plastic, and all of it goes down the sewer. In insane quantities.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microbead
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic_particle_water_polluti...
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#10Can someone clarify? When the article says "human waste" are they referring to garbage or urine/feces?
The latter.