Drugs in bugs: 69 pharmaceuticals found in invertebrates living in Melbourne's streams
- Written by Erinn Richmond, Research Fellow, School of Chemistry, Monash University
Thanks to their consumption of invertebrates, Melbourne platypus likely receive half the recommended human dose of anti-depressants every day. Denise Illing
Pharmaceuticals from wastewater are making their way into aquatic invertebrates and spiders living in and next to Melbourne’s creeks, according to our study published today in Nature...
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