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09/11/2017 / By Isabelle Z.

Great Lakes fish found heavily contaminated with antidepressant drug chemicals

A new study has found alarmingly high concentrations of human antidepressants in several species of fish in the Niagara River, an important conduit connecting Lake Erie with Lake Ontario. The researchers discovered the presence of antidepressants and their metabolites in brain tissue in fish such as smallmouth bass, largemouth bass, rock bass, white bass, white […]

08/07/2017 / By Isabelle Z.

Niagara Falls now a “torrent of sewage” as human waste takes over the river

A recent sewage dumping incident at Niagara Falls has prompted lawmakers to call for a criminal investigation into the actions of the Niagara Falls Water Board. On the afternoon of Saturday, July 29, Niagara Falls State Park was full of summer visitors when a foul smell overtook the air and a black discharge clouded the […]

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