SHRIMPS around the coasts of Britain are getting high on antidepressants.
Sea life is being exposed to potentially damaging amounts of chemicals found in the drug Prozac, researchers at the University of Portsmouth, in southern England, discovered.
In tests, the small crustaceans were exposed to the same levels of fluoxetine as found in British waste waters.
Scientists found that the test shrimps were five times more likely to
swim toward the light instead of away from it, making the creatures more likely to be eaten by fish or birds.
More:
http://www.news.com.au/world/shrimps-get-high-on-prozac-as-antidepressants-flood-british-coastal-waters/story-e6frfkyi-1225889201731#ixzz0tRtsBVl1First the poor unsuspecting fish in Britain's rivers started
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3882159.stm">changing sex and now the shrimps are being made to undertake suicidal missions "towards the light".
When are we as a species ever going to learn?