pharmaceuticals – envirobites

Friday, April 19, 2024

A row of atlantic horseshoe crabs strapped to a table while needles siphon blood into glass containers below each individual crab.

Environmental Science Human Exposure and Public Health

The Horseshoe Crab Has Saved Our Lives. Can We Return the Favor?

February 2, 2022February 2, 2022 Cypress Novick 0 Comments conservation biology, human stressors, Living Fossil, marine biology, Medicine, pharmaceuticals, public health

While threats continue to harm the historic population of Atlantic Horseshoe Crabs, new research into the health stressors they face may help mitigate human contribution to their decline.

Ecosystems Environmental Science

Are we accidentally treating fish with anti-depressants? Pharmaceuticals in our surface waters

May 29, 2019September 18, 2022 Mary Davis 0 Comments fish, pharmaceuticals, wastewater effluent, water quality, wildlife

The ever-growing and expanding pharmaceutical industry is overwhelming wastewater treatment plants, making the release of pharmaceuticals into the environment a big problem. A recent study illustrates that the presence of anti-depressants in streams can change the behavior of mosquitofish. The potential effects of pharmaceutical pollution on wildlife should make us think carefully about how we dispose of our leftover medicines.