Study: Diabetes drug affecting fish in Lake Michigan
Friday, January 16, 2015 - 09:30
in Biology & Nature
Researchers have found that pharmaceuticals and personal-care byproducts persist at low levels miles from sewage discharge pipes in Lake Michigan. And a study from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee shows that the most prevalent drug in the lake - the Type 2 diabetes medication Metformin - changes the hormonal system of fish exposed to it.