From bug spray to antidepressants, chemicals harm fish in northern Minnesota

From bug spray to antidepressants, chemicals harm fish in northern Minnesota

Source: echopress

9/30/2023

Credit: University of Minnesota

Dozens of chemicals, from DEET bug spray to antidepressants, hormones, antifungals, antihistamines, antibiotics and heart medications, are showing up in fish in even remote lakes across Northeastern Minnesota and are impacting the health of those fish.

That was the finding of a lengthy research project by the University of Minnesota and Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa published last month in the journal Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management .

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