Pharmaceutical Pollution in Lake Michigan: Fish Affected by Human Medications

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MILWAUKEE, WI — In a modern-day ecological twist, Lake Michigan has quietly become the site of a sprawling, unintentional pharmaceutical experiment. As residents flush unused medications or naturally excrete unmetabolized drugs, these compounds are slipping through wastewater treatment systems and into the lake, along with a chemically altered future for the fish that call it home.

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