#Eels in #Thames ’left hyperactive due to high levels of #cocaine in water’ | #London Evening Standard
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London’s water treatment plants are failing to filter out the class A drug, while downpours are overwhelming waste plants and carry sewage into the river.
"Increases in #caffeine, cocaine and #benzoylecgonine were observed 24 hours after #sewer #overflow events,” the reseachers said.
"Concentrations of cocaine and benzoylecgonine remained high in wastewater across the week with only a minor increase over the weekend, which is not consistent with other cities, “ the reseachers said in a paper.
“London is known as one of the highest consumers of cocaine.”
