From Montreal, at a meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
New research raises the possibility that antidepressant drugs may be depressing wild-mussel populations.
Freshwater mussel communities are declining in U.S. waters for reasons that remain poorly understood. Scientists at North Carolina State University in Raleigh wondered about a possible antidepressant link after another research team showed that pregnant zebra mussels, if they’re exposed to extra serotonin, release nonviable larvae.