A Peculiar Side Effect of Prozac: Fish Swimming in Our Waste Lose Their Individuality – ScienceAlert

Just because you’re done with a Prozac pill, it doesn’t mean the pill is done. In fact, when you swallow something like an antidepressant, that’s not the end of the drug’s journey in the world. It’s the beginning.
Most pharmaceutical drugs, including psychoactive medications such as fluoxetine (made famous under the Prozac brand), are only partially absorbed by the body when they’re ingested.
The rest of the chemical subsequently ends up in your toilet, where it enters the sewage system.
From there,…

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