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 The muscles in 70 perch, caught at seven different locations, found Jerker Fick at Umea University and his colleagues, a total of 23 different medications.
Antidepressant medications, antibiotics and drugs for diabetes. Wild caught perch outside the Swedish treatment plants have up to 23 drugs in their bodies.
For the first time, researchers have investigated which of the 101 drugs
that can be found in fish that live near the Swedish treatment plants. This is where the remains of our medicines ports after they have left
our bodies in the urine. However, because plants are not built to take
care of them, runs many right through and end up in the environment.
The muscles in 70 perch, caught at seven different locations, found Jerker Fick at Umea University and his colleagues, a total of 23 different medications. Of the eleven with the highest concentrations were five antidepressants. Highest values were in the perch that swim in the cold winter night outside the treatment plant in Uppsala. The surprise is that we found so many drugs, says Jerker Frick, environmental chemistry at Umea University. He stands behind the selection and analysis of the 101 biologically active compounds that scientists have been looking for. They have been selected among the 1200 compounds found in drugs on the Swedish market. People and fish have basically the same receptors. We sift out the drugs that are most likely to accumulate in fish. Jerker Fick points out that the levels have been found in the perch is not dangerous to humans. The fish is not dangerous to eat, the levels are too low for it. Jan Christian's son, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, which commissioned the survey, believes that the results are a warning bell. But he is equally concerned about other data in the report, which shows that sewage sludge contains antibiotic. Ports of sludge on farmland can contribute to the global spread of antibiotic resistant bacteria, he says. Some general requirements for the introduction of an additional purification step is not present today. We have technicians to take if needed, but it is also an economic issue. Until further notice, we await the outcome of the research project Mistra Pharma, says Linda Farm Strain on the Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Legal. The study was done by Umea University in collaboration with the Environmental Research Institute IVL. |
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