GRAFTON, WV: "Statins and beta blockers are working their way into the aquatic ecosystem, according to West Virginia University researchers who have discovered evidence of the cardiovascular drugs in fish collected from two West Virginia rivers. Joseph Kingsbury, a doctoral student in natural resources science, and Kyle Hartman, professor of wildlife and fisheries resources at the WVU Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design, published the initial, long-term exposure effects that revealed the presence of statins and beta blockers in the fish sampled from the West Fork and Tygart Valley rivers in Weston and Elkins, respectively.
Water treatment facilities, which aren’t effective at removing these variants, discharge pharmaceuticals and their derivatives back into the waterways. While the drugs do break down quickly, the popularity of these medications means facilities continuously deposit more."
https://wvutoday.wvu.edu/stories/2024/06/05/wvu-researchers-detect-traces-of-heart-meds-in-fish-from-west-virginia-rivers