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Addicted fish and anxious birds: the tragic consequences of drug-contaminated waters.

Pharmaceutical Pollution Is Poisoning Wildlife, Causing Addiction, Anxiety, and Population Die-Off for Animals

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Dear friends,   Pharmaceutical products are flooding into our oceans, polluting the ecosystems there — and poisoning wildlife. New research is showing that medications like anti-anxiety pills, antidepressants, antipsychotics, and even antibiotics are filling our waterways, leading to huge effects on wildlife populations. In some cases, it's even causing organ changes, collapse in population numbers, and localized extinction. Brown trout developed an "addiction" to methamphetamines, European perch became overly comfortable around deadly predators after exposure to antidepressants, fathead minnows developed anxiety, and starling birds are no longer engaging in mating rituals due to antidepressants in sewage areas. Pharmaceutical products end up in waterways through a number of avenues, including through the actual drug manufacturing process, people improperly disposing of unwanted medications, and even from human excrement. So far, our wastewater treatment facilities are not robust enough to properly break down these chemicals, including when those chemicals are released through our feces. Experts say that much of this could be fixed at the manufacturing level. Corporations need to start taking responsibility for their outsized impact on the world around them, and one way to do that is to designing the products to more easily break down. Corporations must also fund more advanced wastewater treatment facilities to help negate the impact of their powerful chemicals! Sign the petition to demand that we hold corporations accountable for the mess they've made!

Thank you, Miranda Care2 Petitions Team

P.S. The medications that help humans are harming wildlife. Drug-contaminated waters are decimating local ecosystems Sign the petition.      Sign Now