According to new research, tissues of migratory chinook salmon and local staghorn sculpin caught in Puget Sound near Seattle, Washington, tested positive for cocaine, antidepressants, antiseptics and other medications.
According to Jim Meador, an environmental toxicologist at NOAA’s Northwest Fisheries Science Center in Seattle and lead author of a paper published in Environmental Pollution, high levels of medications detected in the water near sewage treatment plants can be due to the plants’ processes and/or because local people use more of these medications.
