Ibuprofen posing potential threat to fish, researchers say

Thursday, August 21, 2014 - 15:12 in Health & Medicine

Many rivers contain levels of ibuprofen that could be adversely affecting fish health, researchers report. In what is believed to be the first study to establish the level of risk posed by ibuprofen at the country scale, the researchers examined 3,112 stretches of river which together receive inputs from 21 million people.

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