Pill to Gill: Antianxiety Drugs in Flushed into Water May Be Making Fishes Fearless

Antianxiety drugs may be making fishes more aggressive. New laboratory tests reveal that even extremely low concentrations of the calming drugs benzodiazepines--more commonly known as Valium, Xanax and others--cause fishes to become less timid and to feed faster, among other effects. [More]

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