They analyzed river shrimps in the United Kingdom and found cocaine there

May 3, 2019

Researchers in charge of this study were surprised to find a large amount of illegal drugs in these animals, as well as pesticides.

The treatment of the man towards the environment does not stop surprising. The damage done to the planet Earth The actions of some people cause irreparable damage and some affect the food ingested.

In this case, as part of an investigation into how wildlife is exposed to chemical pollutants, scientists from King's College London They badyzed the shrimps of five rivers in the east of the United Kingdom.

unusually, in all the samples obtained, they found substances such as drugs and illegal pesticides. These products generate pollution that harms the aquatic fauna of the region.

As confirmed by the BBC, the substances most frequently found in the animals badyzed were cocaine and ketamine.

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"The constant presence of illegal drugs in wildlife was surprising," said the chemist in a statement. Leon Barron, one of the researchers.

As the professor says at the University of Suffolk, Nic Bury, more research is needed to determine if the presence of cocaine and other drugs in these crustaceans is a problem in this region or could also spread to other parts of the UK and the rest of the world.

Substances such as drugs and illegal drugs that reach rivers are made up of thousands of chemicals that can harm the environment.

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At the beginning of the year, another survey of this university was known after observing that the aquatic beings living in the waters of the Thames were "hyperactive".

By starting to badyze their behavior, we can notice that, in comparison with other eels, those in the London River had high levels of caffeine, cocaine and benzoylecgoninedrug that has accumulated especially in the brain, muscles, gills and other tissues of these fish.