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Pharmaceutical pollution in waterways is changing animal behavior. Exposure to an antianxiety drug is affecting migrating Atlantic salmon, according to a new study.

Salmon migration affected by drug pollution in water from antianxiety medication. Jörgen Wiklund via CNN Newsource When the drug clobazam accumulates in Atlantic salmon's brains.

Salmon in the Pacific Northwest Are Facing a New Threat: ... The causes of the salmon crisis include habitat lost to urban development and migration routes blocked by dams and roads.

PORTLAND, Ore. – A new report released by the Governor’s Salmon Recovery Office in Washington, found some salmon populations have seen growth, while others are struggling and face extinction. ...

Drug pollution alters salmon migration Date: April 10, 2025 Source: Griffith University Summary: Study reveals commonly detected environmental levels of clobazam -- a medication often prescribed ...

Antianxiety drug clobazam in waterways alters salmon migration behavior, causing fish to reach oceans sooner and navigate dams faster. Researchers found benzodiazepine-exposed salmon showed ...

Just keep swimming. For the new study, the scientists performed trials with more than 700 young salmon, or “smolts,” in the laboratory and in the field.

When the drug clobazam accumulates in Atlantic salmon's brains, migrating juvenile fish reach the ocean sooner, a new study found. A juvenile salmon is shown in May 2019.