Antidepressant (AD) drugs are widely prescribed for the treatment of psychiatric disorders,
including depression and anxiety disorders. The continuous use of ADs causes significant …

Chemical pollution is among the fastest-growing agents of global change. Synthetic
chemicals with diverse modes-of-action are being detected in the tissues of wildlife and …

Fluoxetine is one of the most studied and detected selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors in
the aquatic environment, found at concentrations ranging from ng/L to μg/L. Its presence in …

A wide range of chemicals have been identified as endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs)
in vertebrate species. Most studies of EDCs have focused on exposure of both male and …

Fluoxetine is widely prescribed for the treatment of depressive states, acting at the level of
the central nervous system, consequently affecting non-target organisms. This study aimed …

As many freshwaters are chemically polluted, one of the challenges for policy makers is to
determine the potential impact of these pollutants on ecosystems and to define safe …

As antidepressant usage by the global population continues to increase, their persistent
detection in aquatic habitats from municipal wastewater effluent release has led to concerns …

Ecological risks of a pollutant are typically assessed via short-term exposure of model
organisms to that single compound. Such tests are informative, but cannot ascertain effects …

The growing consumption of antidepressant pharmaceuticals has resulted in their
widespread occurrence in the environment, particularly in waterways with a typical …

Pesticides are crucial to improve agricultural productivity, but often adversely affect
surrounding aquatic systems and their fauna. To determine the environmental risk of …