http://scienceblogs.com/lifelines/2013/02/15/how-using-the-restroom-may-be-harmful-to-fish/
It's even worse for the fish! Can you imagine the substance all around and within you to be toxic to you? That is not a good environment. It would be like having smog problems everywhere and having it cause mental and physical health problems. The poor fish! I don't know anything about the drug they researched in this article, but I would imagine that it is not the only harmful drug that is going through human systems and ending up in the water. Perhaps we can invent some kind of filter for people who take serious drugs to use so that excess drugs do not end up in the water. Installed in the toilets and then disposed of in another way, we could cut down on the pollutants in the environment causing havoc with the natural ecosystems. I don't know what would filter such toxins out or how best to dispose of them, but I am sure there are researchers who could figure those things out. I can't say we should all just taking serious medicines, because the quality of life given by the existence of the drugs is worth it to them. We should just be better about where we allow such things to go.
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