High concentrations of anti-depressants and anxiety inhibitors pose a risk to water life in Dutch ditches, canals, and lakes, according to research by Maastricht University, the RIVM, and other scientists. These medicines are so common in Dutch surface water that they are affecting aquatic life’s behaviors, Trouw reports. “The substances carbamazepine, oxazepam, and fluoxetine are regularly found” in the surface …
