The antidepressant drug Prozac (fluoxetine) can disrupt the reproductive cycle of freshwater mussels and increase their risk of extinction, says a U.S. study presented Monday at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society, in San Francisco.
What is surprising to me is that they discovered this problem. With all the chemicals that end up in the environment from various sources, including those that have passed through our bodies, and all the possible interactions of these chemicals, who knows what damage we are doing that we may never even be aware of.
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