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Study: Anti-anxiety drug in water makes fish hyper, aggressive; environmental effects feared
By Jeff Donn, The Associated Press/Calgary Herald, February 14, 2013
BOSTON - What happens to fish that swim in waters tainted by traces of drugs that people take? When it's an anti-anxiety drug, they become hyper, anti-social and aggressive, a Swedish study found.
It may sound funny, but it could threaten the fish population and upset the delicate dynamics of the marine environment, scientists say.
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