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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hi all,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Now there is a anthropomorphized headline if I ever saw one. Good thing the authors came to their senses in the text of the article. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Very truly yours,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Catherine Zimmer, MS, BSMT<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Zimmer Environmental Improvement, LLC<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>St. Paul, MN <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Ph: 651.645.7509<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="mailto:zenllc@usfamily.net"><span style='color:blue'>zenllc@usfamily.net</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us [mailto:pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us] <b>On Behalf Of </b>DeBiasi, Deborah (DEQ)<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, August 11, 2014 10:45 AM<br><b>To:</b> pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us<br><b>Subject:</b> [Pharmwaste] Fish exposed to anti-anxiety meds live longer, better lives<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/fish-exposed-anti-anxiety-meds-live-longer-better-life/">http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/fish-exposed-anti-anxiety-meds-live-longer-better-life/</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:.15pt;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1B1B1B;text-transform:uppercase'><a href="http://www.pbs.org/newshour/topic/science/"><span style='color:#1B1B1B;text-decoration:none'>Science</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:8.05pt;margin-right:.15pt;margin-bottom:8.05pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1B1B1B'>Fish exposed to anti-anxiety meds live longer, better lives<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:6.0pt;background:white'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:.15pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1B1B1B'>BY <a href="http://www.pbs.org/newshour/author/dave-sloan/"><span style='color:#377BDA;text-decoration:none'>Dave Sloan</span></a> <i>August 8, 2014 at 4:32 PM EDT</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:.15pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1B1B1B'><img border=0 width=689 height=458 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CFB554.9BA7A7D0" alt="European perch. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons."><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-right:.15pt;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1B1B1B'>European perch. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:.15pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1B1B1B'><br>A study<a href="http://iopscience.iop.org/1748-9326/9/8/084003/article?_ga=1.8786231.327671969.1407421678"><span style='color:#377BDA;text-decoration:none'> released on Friday</span></a> revealed that young fish live longer after being exposed to anti-anxiety medicine concentrated in sewage runoffs.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-right:.15pt;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1B1B1B'>Past studies on the consequences of other compounds found in streams and waterways such as caffeine, estrogen, and diabetes medicine showed that they were potentially altering the reproductive systems of fish living in the affected areas.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-right:.15pt;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1B1B1B'>Scientists tested to see if the exposure to <a href="http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/meds/a682050.html"><span style='color:#377BDA;text-decoration:none'>Oxazepam</span></a>, an anti-anxiety and insomnia medication, was impacting the survival rate among Eurasian perch. They tested adult and embryos of the species by exposing them to several levels the sedative. The result concluded that both groups had a significantly higher survival rate than the studies non-exposed control group.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-right:.15pt;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1B1B1B'>The therapeutic effect of the drug also caused a noticeable change in the species’ behavior. For example, the perch were believed to be less anxious and more comfortable in a predator-free environment, causing them to travel and search for food away from their pack. The change in their behavior led to a higher feeding rate than the unexposed fish.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-right:.15pt;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1B1B1B'>Researchers are concerned about the shift in behavior and increased longevity of the exposed fish. Baby Eurasian perch typically have a <a href="http://iopscience.iop.org/1748-9326/9/8/084003/article?_ga=1.8362544.327671969.1407421678%20"><span style='color:#377BDA;text-decoration:none'>92 percent mortality rate </span></a>at hatching but the change in survival rate might potentially alter the the ecosystem.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-right:.15pt;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1B1B1B'>Tomas Bodin, one of the co-authors of the study, <a href="http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/fish-exposed-anti-anxiety-meds-live-longer-better-life/%20http:/qz.com/246792/sewage-spiked-with-anti-anxiety-meds-helps-baby-fish-live-longer-mellower-lives/#/"><span style='color:#377BDA;text-decoration:none'>explained</span></a>, “A therapeutic effect leading to increased survival of one species may generate a proportional increase in mortality of that species’ prey, which may have cascading ecological consequences that need consideration.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-right:.15pt;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1B1B1B'>The study has opened a conversation among the research community to take a further look into the long-term effects on fish and wildlife exposed to other human compounds.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>Deborah L. DeBiasi</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:navy'><br></span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>Email: <a href="mailto:Deborah.DeBiasi@deq.virginia.gov">Deborah.DeBiasi@deq.virginia.gov</a></span></b><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:red'><br></span></i></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>WEB site address: <a href="http://www.deq.virginia.gov/">www.deq.virginia.gov</a></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:navy'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>Virginia Department of Environmental Quality</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:navy'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>Office of Water Permits </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:navy'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>Industrial Pretreatment/Whole Effluent Toxicity (WET) Program</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:navy'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>PPCPs, EDCs, and Microconstituents<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:navy'><a href="http://www.deq.virginia.gov/Programs/Water/PermittingCompliance/PollutionDischargeElimination/Microconstituents.aspx">http://www.deq.virginia.gov/Programs/Water/PermittingCompliance/PollutionDischargeElimination/Microconstituents.aspx</a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>Mail: P.O. Box 1105, Richmond, VA 23218</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:navy'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>Location: 629 E. Main Street, Richmond, VA 23219</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:navy'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>PH: 804-698-4028 FAX: 804-698-4032<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>