Mussels near Victoria sewage outfalls test positive for pain killers and antidepressants

WATCH: New drug tests on sea life around the capital region are giving new meaning to the old saying “happy as a clam.” Researchers found high concentrations of pharmaceuticals in shellfish – findings environmentalists aren’t so happy about it. Isabelle Raghem reports.

“We expect once treatment’s turned on in 2020 that we’ll see less and less of these compounds in the environment.”

“The concentration of drugs and other contaminants decrease quickly as you get further away from the outfall and within four to 800 metres, they’re dropping to background levels,” adds Lowe.  

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