This is a bit of a shocker. An article on Washington Post says that scientists who work to track pollution have discovered traces of the oxycodone in some Puget Sound mussels. They discovered three out of 18 locations came back positive for trace amounts of the pain reliever drug. Apparently, scientists usually find chemical compounds in Puget Sound waters, ranging from pharmaceuticals to drugs such as cocaine, but this is the first time that opioids have been discovered in local shellfish, according to the Puget Sound Institute.
So waters have been contaminated all this time? Even if traces of the drug are just in small doses, are we still comfortable feeding these to our children?
It’s very alarming how everything seems to be contaminated nowadays.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/energy-environment/scientists-find-opioids-antibiotics-in-puget-sound-mussels/2018/05/25/307d9d16-605e-11e8-b656-236c6214ef01_story.html?utm_term=.7242f485391d
Topic: Drugged Mussels Found in Puget (Read 77 times)
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