US RESEARCHERS RAISE FEARS OVER PROZAC IN MUSSELS
October 1st, 2006
BY MONICA DOBIE
A RECENT American study has revealed that fresh water mussels exposed to the common anti-depressant Prozac have suffered from disrupted reproduction cycles. Researchers found that the medication's residues in sewage can interfere with the reproduction of America's native freshwater mussel. Prozac (non-commercial name Fluoxetine) increases the levels of serotonin in human nerve synapses, relieving depression. But for bivalves, it has quite different effects. The US National Institute of Standards and Technology warns it can prompt early ...
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