all heard of estrogen entering watercourses, now this

[sloth]

Widespread antidepressant use affects more than those taking them. All too easy to say live off the radar and go back to nature; allowing diseases to 'thin' the population to less damaging levels. Survival of the fittest style.

However, we really are ruining the earth we live on! I'm sure life will continue regardless but will humans exist in 1, 2, 5 hundred years?

The everyday things we all do and rely on have far reaching effects we just don't realise, until the damage is done. Kind of makes you stop and think 'what else are we affecting?'

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2CkvJb/www.nature.com/news/anti-anxiety-drug-found-in-rivers-makes-fish-more-aggressive-1.12434/

 

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[MattyF]

I suppose with all the estrogen in the water though there won't be many fish left for this to effect any way.. The whole thing though is scary beyond comprehension with the damage that's been done to wild life that have to live in a chemically induced mess down to humans and they say are rivers are the cleanest they ever have been.

[easy-lift guy]

Widespread antidepressant use affects more than those taking them. All too easy to say live off the radar and go back to nature; allowing diseases to 'thin' the population to less damaging levels. Survival of the fittest style.

However, we really are ruining the earth we live on! I'm sure life will continue regardless but will humans exist in 1, 2, 5 hundred years?

The everyday things we all do and rely on have far reaching effects we just don't realise, until the damage is done. Kind of makes you stop and think 'what else are we affecting?'

Anti-anxiety drug found in rivers makes fish more aggressive - StumbleUpon

 

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Actually old news. Chemicals and compounds have been and will always be found in and around water sources. Some are natural others are not. Really important question is how well can these substances be filtered from our water sources:sneaky2:. Work in progress.

easy-lift guy

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Actually old news. Chemicals and compounds have been and will always be found in and around water sources. Some are natural others are not. Really important question is how well can these substances be filtered from our water sources:sneaky2:. Work in progress.

easy-lift guy

 

It states clearly in the link that these chemicals pass through water treatment unscathed:thumbdown:

 

 

good post sloth.

[Old WoodChip]

I havent looked at the link yet but can tell you some facts. Our local river used to be black with coal dust, the banks were black dust from 100 years of washing coal. we used to catch eels but not much else.

These days the water is clean, there are fish also kingfishers breeding plus Dippers too.

A study has been ongoing in south wales monitoring water quality and finding out dippers are becoming infertile due to oestrogen in the water!

There are now sewage overflows which only open during a flood (but seep all year) but its all ok..... they do tests regular!!

In summer when water levels are lower the river stinks, all very worrying when you think how much this is effecting wildlife.

For the last ten years salmon have been introduced in the hope they return and breed, I have seen big salmon coming upstream and hope they managed to spawn but everything is stacked against nature and we are to blame.

So next time your doing the washing or tipping anything down the drain try to think of nature and how we are treating mother earth, we are more fragile than we think.

[Goaty]

Catch you own water from the sky might be safer, but then what has it passed through on the way down?

[daveindales]

Just by reading this post, your helping to ruin the planet. Your Laptop etc, needs to be manufactured, recharged and disposed of. I don't know what the answer is?

[MattyF]

Coming up with sewage plants that can remove chemicals would massivly help...There are barely any silver fish left in my local river the Ivel it used to be one of the best in the country.. anglers like the late dick walker caught many notable fish .. a major tributary to the Ouse.. Plenty in isolated pools and side streams to the ivel but starting right at the Ivels source and probably every 10-5 miles on its banks is a treatment plant on the main river ,No silver fish just massive record breaking hermaphrodite barbel!!

[Mike Hill]

The Fish and Birds down stream from Glastonbury must have a great time once a year!