Rivers and lakes loaded with artificial sweetener.....
AngInCanada
Posts: 947 Member
Seriously...like the title says. I'm shocked. Just on the news today.
http://www.ctvnews.ca/health/rivers-lakes-loaded-with-artificial-sweeteners-researchers-say-1.2411398
http://www.ctvnews.ca/health/rivers-lakes-loaded-with-artificial-sweeteners-researchers-say-1.2411398
0
Replies
-
Interesting. I wonder how the aquatic and shore plants fare with this? Or fish?
0 -
Since Parente's study came out in 2012, Parente and her students have been looking at how sweetener affects a snail living in Lake Erie that forages for food. As part of that work, one student found the presence of sweetener made the animals believe there was nutrition in the water.
The team believes the sweetener affected their foraging abilities, leaving them with fewer calories to be healthy and reproduce. And Parente thinks this could be true for other foraging animals.0 -
There is something called "Sugar Association"?0
-
Evolution will fix it. Species will adapt to the stuff and thrive. Soon we'll be faced with a fish obesity epidemic.
0 -
-
0
-
Great photo!0
-
Lol!0
-
You guys slay me! Funny fat fish. He needs to go keto!0
-
Terrible that we are poisoning our environment with nasty carbage!0
This discussion has been closed.