Don’t flush your antidepressants down the toilet bowl!

[gwand22 139]

https://phys.org/news/2026-04-male-fish-edge-drug-polluted.html

 

[anewbie]

Alas I can't get pass their lame security check to read it but perhaps it matters not as I don't have any anti-depressants to flush

 

[Rusty_Shackleford22 138]

What happens if you flush your "little blue pills"?

 

[Magnum Man24 138]

those are too expensive to flush…

flushing anything but poop is irresponsible, weather pills, or plecos…

 

[GaryE23 138]

We flush a lot of meds ourselves first, and they do damage. Our choices are limited though.

I return all unused meds to the pharmacy, and don't even flush dead fish anymore. I bury them, sometimes in houseplants. No ceremony though.

 

[Rusty_Shackleford22 138]

I found this today.

Wild Canadian freshwater fish reveal opioid and antidepressant buildup downstream https://share.google/0gRrBsLHh0PIFb5Zz

What's going on in Cananda Gary?

 

[GaryE23 138]

I found this today.

Wild Canadian freshwater fish reveal opioid and antidepressant buildup downstream https://share.google/0gRrBsLHh0PIFb5Zz

What's going on in Cananda Gary?

It's very difficult to answer that and still respect the rules about international politics...