Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2024/03/29/every-single-marine-species-that-weve-looked-at-so-far-is-full-of-cocaine.html
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Cocaine Sharks…
If we just reclassify untreated discharge as “sewage sovereignty” everything should be fine.
At what point would we begin to detect a rise in hormones in our sewage from the ongoing rise in popularity of hormone therapies? This would likely have a significant affect on marine life.
Detecting hormones seems to be part of ongoing studies on sewage AND drinking water sources.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405665023000082
COCAINE SHARKS: Coming to Shudder This Summer
sawfish and other species are “spinning” [spun?] and disoriented in nearshore waters here in the keys
lots of drugs floating in the waters here off the keys (square grouper). just sayin’
Hmmm ok how about
COCAINE ORCA ON SYFY
So, during all those yacht attacks…they were hunting?
NPR puts the blame on Margaret Thatcher for privatizing British utilities into the hands of owners who exported all their value as dividends to foreign owners. Dangerously high levels of E. coli bacteria overshadow rowing event on the Thames : NPR
Not your run-of-the-mill blowfish.
Wild Water Swimming, eh?
… IN SPACE!!! ON ICE!!! IN 3D!!!
Side note, perhaps: This story is further evidence to me that we fool ourselves if we think that eating “wild” fish is any healthier (as in a certain kind of cleaner) for us than eating the chemical- and pollutant-laden fish raised by factory farms.
Illegal Seafood.