Pharmaceutical pollution in waterways is changing animal behavior. Exposure to an antianxiety drug is affecting migrating ...

A recent study in Sweden's Dal River reveals that pharmaceutical pollution, specifically anti-anxiety medication, ...

Pharmaceutical pollution is an emerging global issue, with over 900 active substances detected in waterways worldwide. Recent ...

A benzodiazepine seeping into waterways is causing young Atlantic salmon to behave strangely, with fish in the wild migrating ...

Atlantic salmon exposed to a common anti-anxiety drug migrate faster, according to new research. That's not necessarily a ...

In the largest study of its kind to date, a team of international researchers has investigated how pharmaceutical pollution ...

However, modern salmon face a hurdle that was unknown to their ancient ancestors: pharmaceutical pollution that changes their migration behavior. Recently, researchers discovered that when a drug ...

The international study revealed that environmental levels of clobazam, a sedative used to treat sleep disorders, increased the migration success of juvenile salmon in the wild, said a statement from ...

Study reveals commonly detected environmental levels of clobazam -- a medication often prescribed for sleep disorders -- increased the river-to-sea migration success of juvenile salmon in the wild.

Wild salmon are swimming quicker due to painkillers and other drugs dumped in rivers and the sea, reveals new research.

"Out of sight, out of mind" is how we often treat what is flushed down our toilets. But the drugs we take, from anxiety ...