Pollution From Anxiety Medications Influences Salmon Behaviors, Study Finds

EcoWatch
By Paige BennettApr 14, 2025, 3:29 pm680 ptsHotTop
In a new study, researchers have confirmed that pharmaceutical pollutants are influencing how Atlantic salmon behave. The study, published in the journal Science, revealed that migrating salmon exposed to a type of psychoactive medicine under the benzodiazepine class caused the fish to be more bold and take…

Read Article Share
Share Article
- email
- x.com
- facebook
- pocket
- reddit
- tumblr
- linkedin
- pinterest

Trending Today on EcoTopical

Twenty years after his film, Al Gore tweaks the climate script

EHN

Twenty years after his film, Al Gore tweaks the climate script 126

Yakama protest clean energy project on sacred site to power data center

EHN

Yakama protest clean energy project on sacred site to power data center 126

Higher marine microplastics may signal greater stroke and chronic disease burden in coastal communities

EHN

Higher marine microplastics may signal greater stroke and chronic disease burden in coastal communities 123

‘My head spins with the heat’: India’s gig workers battle exhaustion amid soaring temperatures

EHN

‘My head spins with the heat’: India’s gig workers battle exhaustion amid soaring temperatures 120

Iceland must protect wild salmon and reject new aquaculture legislation (commentary)

Mongabay

Iceland must protect wild salmon and reject new aquaculture legislation (commentary) 119

Bugging out: New Mexico insects face significant declines

EHN

Bugging out: New Mexico insects face significant declines 118

CleanTechnica

XPENG GX Popularity Jacks Up XPENG Orders To ~50,000 Vehicles In May? 117

White rhinos are back in Uganda

Mongabay

White rhinos are back in Uganda 113

About EcoTopical

Welcome to EcoTopical Your daily eco-friendly green news aggregator.

Leaf through planet Earths environmental headlines in one convenient place. Read, share and discover the latest on ecology, science and green living from the web's most popular sites.

Featured

Sault Ste. Marie residents among…

Sault Ste. Marie residents among Canadians concerned about decades of 'forever…

Ice may release more iron than climate models predict

Ferrari (RACE) stock plunges 6% on Luce…

Ferrari (RACE) stock plunges 6% on Luce EV backlash — don’t panic!

Geely Ups The Vehicle Safety Game In Europe

Climate change could significantly worsen summer air quality in future decades

Amid efforts to save Australia’s…

Amid efforts to save Australia’s southern cassowaries, their numbers remain…

Americans overwhelmingly oppose data…

Americans overwhelmingly oppose data centers. Women most of all

Warming to Raise Risk of Encounters With…

Warming to Raise Risk of Encounters With Venomous Snakes

The grid is in better shape this summer.…

The grid is in better shape this summer. Thank solar and batteries

Deadly fungus and lung parasites are…

Deadly fungus and lung parasites are hammering wild rattlesnakes