According to the U.S. EPA and researchers from Baylor University, fish all over the country are literally stuffed to the gills with
medicine. The findings are part of a pilot study testing for
pharmaceuticals and personal care products in our nation’s waterways.
The results were presented in a March 25th meeting of the American
Chemical Society.
According to the report, fish contain a medicine cabinet’s-worth of
products—from antihistamines to antidepressants and, discovered for the
first time in fish, a popular cholesterol medication