"Every single marine species that we've looked at so far is full of cocaine"

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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rick james cocaine GIF

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Cocaine Sharks…

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If we just reclassify untreated discharge as “sewage sovereignty” everything should be fine.

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cocaine-shark

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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.

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Detecting hormones seems to be part of ongoing studies on sewage AND drinking water sources.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405665023000082

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COCAINE SHARKS: Coming to Shudder This Summer

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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’ :man_shrugging:t2:

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This exists.

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Hmmm ok how about

COCAINE ORCA ON SYFY

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Don’t knock it James Cameron got his start with a little film about genetically modified piranhas

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So, during all those yacht attacks…they were hunting?

The Wire Reaction GIF

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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

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Not your run-of-the-mill blowfish.

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The human body already has hormones that you pee and defecate out. Population rise correlates with that graph.

Also - I don’t see that chart in the pdf of the study you linked to:

https://pdf.sciencedirectassets.com/312986/1-s2.0-S2405665023X0002X/1-s2.0-S2405665023000082/main.pdf?X-Amz-Security-Token=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjEOn%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FwEaCXVzLWVhc3QtMSJIMEYCIQC1QsSR9kmOw7q5jgyfcs1VuEVTaoy3xjIbAik099iGvQIhAJopU4cC7MGWmIsOjBQBjORxSCNS6fR7h3WQVv3PBPY7KrMFCBIQBRoMMDU5MDAzNTQ2ODY1Igyplclr6j%2F%2FOo3DJWQqkAWLYj%2B1dN1cyjDIcfHsbTUKON1Nt7ivGXbXdHaUzKpvwW6NL9ABKbGno8DoNqLOZmpQkhVD7uFk0fu3JN7Q8GR5XsXemr5n92btFKoQGApqNXONlYHC9zglqMa9W%2FHvecDIKNGV6nDv3zHWi2qnt5HhPkYeXbjg64t%2FYxvUXf05bf20CrdyYxtZzF3lHgpPcqNHLKG5kHWDYsFnuSKPfXC6FJKSzVhJuzFs08GMbkoRqPm5R9FkLS3AcLSu15WvYL4cbKpHiE2ZA99hyAodt58XC6p4R2Q%2B4FjI2yyih%2F4tdOgjVMuxr5rN22W6xKCP1AdQiWR02TmjK4EeZ7LkaBSIzgMUSfwLBHGYZrzy2SgG4T2uUD1igs8ru9%2F0ozFBoJGEzp%2B50NgUZbwFjaSeVv04b7AB2VXZTR%2BFvP2LbjV9LxKnEDF%2FlTngncdmEAI3CtJf6L9Q1FJKBqoo8IrJKqZo5feoqRwpeY4JIIkQIMNoADycQsnpAcfZKcuqSEAJEv0TYaDAUdtsQ%2BRwatKxIEidThPBIQSICZv0AsgVvb639wCdsBvRxcog4lBCC%2BkPBkMqEWrvNs9N%2F54LBpSVtq9YWhyQZGqwIoXVEGCn7FuJ%2BHu1v1%2BJE%2BZIcfwJYoEsccbEE9GgHLb6k4Wb2qhpBO9IYTH0lYbRNCi7GL3YT9IiIKBcZAZCekjeB3S0l3UUEtXrtmPlxigUjxDIfBr6JzrkIkY0Ro818fkTn4W4aNw6lQESUWZOEM%2FH2d43aCRkM%2BcKKX6ghWYAdPVmJj%2FbzIfjyhh0FXLdSm6Cd90SFbU76j56QUlOJSjsfRgWKoMOcAgAmn4e40EJEKAFMpUzMdEGICNmUMWK8eNopibMuyKH7zCBop%2BwBjqwAVMw2ApOitbci0MLkFHAIPUQsFb8V93sNIB4nxaoVLENYPzThJ%2FbLXoMnCd%2FczMskS5%2BBGU0PozQjh1RwaCzkoB0V0G0aFXAJ2%2FikYntZDGndA9TkjmdMvuh73I3XSeLhV7w16CfzMD%2FjtARWfGBPyeBlV1%2Bb2kYE25fw0LlZUGAyJ8WGUQfk999KVml4YCSKaPkfqOloRR4zQhtlGhb5kBpFAav9%2FganfwkHpHyLRbO&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Date=20240330T094143Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=300&X-Amz-Credential=ASIAQ3PHCVTYYQG3VR6I%2F20240330%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Signature=3f67755c5699a34793a4a3f2a2a4af98604843c839b599f260fe0a5d831c9d6b&hash=2e22669820d5c3f66e8cfee7c6a225183bd62121be841a0309604c0fc901be87&host=68042c943591013ac2b2430a89b270f6af2c76d8dfd086a07176afe7c76c2c61&pii=S2405665023000082&tid=spdf-46869fc6-7350-4cc3-9adb-1d20f0d81bd3&sid=9c74663b9853834c879b021648ddf467cbedgxrqa&type=client&tsoh=d3d3LnNjaWVuY2VkaXJlY3QuY29t&ua=0f155c52045757565701&rr=86c7253f9d7b423d&cc=us

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Wild Water Swimming, eh?

… IN SPACE!!! ON ICE!!! IN 3D!!!

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Getting a lotta use outta this these days…

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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.

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Illegal Seafood.

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