Puget Sound Mussels test positive for oxycodone

[jefferz]

We all know the government puts chemicals in the water that turn the freakin frogs gay. Mussels in Puget Sound, Wa have now tested positive for oxycodone.

"The opioid epidemic has now hit the waters of Puget Sound. State agencies tracking pollution levels in Puget Sound have discovered traces of oxycodone in the tissues of native bay mussels (Mytilus trossulus) from Seattle and Bremerton area harbors.

The mussels were part of the state’s Puget Sound Mussel Monitoring Program. Every two years, scientists at the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) transplant uncontaminated mussels from an aquaculture source on Whidbey Island to various locations in Puget Sound to study pollution levels. Mussels, which are filter feeders, concentrate contaminants from the local marine environment into their tissues. After two to three months at the transplant site, scientists analyze the contaminants in the collected mussel tissues.

The oxycodone was found in amounts thousands of times lower than a therapeutic dose for humans and would not be expected to affect the mussels, which likely don’t metabolize the drug, James said. The findings may raise concerns for fish, however, which are known to respond to opioids. Lab studies show that zebrafish will learn to dose themselves with opioids, and scientists say salmon and other Puget Sound fish might have a similar response."

https://www.pugetsoundinstitute.org/2018/05/bay-mussels-in-puget-sound-show-traces-of-oxycodone/

 

[JohnnySagebrush]

Pharmaceuticals have been found in aquatic life for decades, and it is troubling. Alex Jones wasn’t that far off base when he said they are turning frogs gay.

 

[snakedafunky]

Pharmaceuticals have been found in aquatic life for decades, and it is troubling. Alex Jones wasn’t that far off base when he said they are turning frogs gay.

Where do I might find those gay frogs?
Asking for a friend.

 

[Cubo de Sangre]

Will this spur a rise in market price?

 

[Judge]

We all know the government puts chemicals in the water that turn the freakin frogs gay. Mussels in Puget Sound, Wa have now tested positive for oxycodone.

"The opioid epidemic has now hit the waters of Puget Sound. State agencies tracking pollution levels in Puget Sound have discovered traces of oxycodone in the tissues of native bay mussels (Mytilus trossulus) from Seattle and Bremerton area harbors.

The mussels were part of the state’s Puget Sound Mussel Monitoring Program. Every two years, scientists at the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) transplant uncontaminated mussels from an aquaculture source on Whidbey Island to various locations in Puget Sound to study pollution levels. Mussels, which are filter feeders, concentrate contaminants from the local marine environment into their tissues. After two to three months at the transplant site, scientists analyze the contaminants in the collected mussel tissues.

The oxycodone was found in amounts thousands of times lower than a therapeutic dose for humans and would not be expected to affect the mussels, which likely don’t metabolize the drug, James said. The findings may raise concerns for fish, however, which are known to respond to opioids. Lab studies show that zebrafish will learn to dose themselves with opioids, and scientists say salmon and other Puget Sound fish might have a similar response."

https://www.pugetsoundinstitute.org/2018/05/bay-mussels-in-puget-sound-show-traces-of-oxycodone/

goes to seafood restaurant.

 

[Diamond Jim]

So order mussels when in Washington?

 

[nhbbear]

Now people will snort the mussels

 

[irish_thug]

We all know the government puts chemicals in the water that turn the freakin frogs gay. Mussels in Puget Sound, Wa have now tested positive for oxycodone.

"The opioid epidemic has now hit the waters of Puget Sound. State agencies tracking pollution levels in Puget Sound have discovered traces of oxycodone in the tissues of native bay mussels (Mytilus trossulus) from Seattle and Bremerton area harbors.

The mussels were part of the state’s Puget Sound Mussel Monitoring Program. Every two years, scientists at the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) transplant uncontaminated mussels from an aquaculture source on Whidbey Island to various locations in Puget Sound to study pollution levels. Mussels, which are filter feeders, concentrate contaminants from the local marine environment into their tissues. After two to three months at the transplant site, scientists analyze the contaminants in the collected mussel tissues.

The oxycodone was found in amounts thousands of times lower than a therapeutic dose for humans and would not be expected to affect the mussels, which likely don’t metabolize the drug, James said. The findings may raise concerns for fish, however, which are known to respond to opioids. Lab studies show that zebrafish will learn to dose themselves with opioids, and scientists say salmon and other Puget Sound fish might have a similar response."

https://www.pugetsoundinstitute.org/2018/05/bay-mussels-in-puget-sound-show-traces-of-oxycodone/

Blame British Columbia.

 

[Madmick]

We all know the government puts chemicals in the water that turn the freakin frogs gay. Mussels in Puget Sound, Wa have now tested positive for oxycodone.

"The opioid epidemic has now hit the waters of Puget Sound. State agencies tracking pollution levels in Puget Sound have discovered traces of oxycodone in the tissues of native bay mussels (Mytilus trossulus) from Seattle and Bremerton area harbors.

The mussels were part of the state’s Puget Sound Mussel Monitoring Program. Every two years, scientists at the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) transplant uncontaminated mussels from an aquaculture source on Whidbey Island to various locations in Puget Sound to study pollution levels. Mussels, which are filter feeders, concentrate contaminants from the local marine environment into their tissues. After two to three months at the transplant site, scientists analyze the contaminants in the collected mussel tissues.

The oxycodone was found in amounts thousands of times lower than a therapeutic dose for humans and would not be expected to affect the mussels, which likely don’t metabolize the drug, James said. The findings may raise concerns for fish, however, which are known to respond to opioids. Lab studies show that zebrafish will learn to dose themselves with opioids, and scientists say salmon and other Puget Sound fish might have a similar response."

https://www.pugetsoundinstitute.org/2018/05/bay-mussels-in-puget-sound-show-traces-of-oxycodone/

Do you not find it more likely this was drugs dumped or lost at sea carrying illicit oxycodone by the small cartel vessels preferred not for safety, but to elude Coast Guard authorities? Or flushed out via our sewage system from thousands of different drug users in the cities? Maybe from hospitals?

What is the CT here? That the government is putting oxycodone into our water to create a generation of junkies with a demand for those drugs? Because they don't need to do that. Over-prescribing Vicodin has has worked just swell.

 

[Madmick]

Where do I might find those gay frogs?
Asking for a friend.

California. This is real-- one of the few things Alex isn't making up. They aren't "gay", per se. They are spontaneously mutating, and some across gender lines, or even into hermaphrodites. It's Jurassic Park "life finds a way" stuff, but it's caused by environmental runoff of pesticides like Atrazine.

 

[Witchhunt]

Quick, tell the hippies!

 

[Ruprecht]

Probably sewage. That's usually how they measure drug use in communities anyway.

 

[Amerikuracana]

Where do I might find those gay frogs?
Asking for a friend.

**At the dubuyaaaa beeeee!!**

 

[Merlotte's]

Probably sewage. That's usually how they measure drug use in communities anyway.

Sounds about right.

We've had multiple instances where millions of gallons of raw sewage were dumped into the Sound. Most recent Feb '17.

https://komonews.com/news/local/maj...ons-of-gallons-of-raw-sewage-into-puget-sound

"We do recommend that they not go fishing during that period of time."

They forgot it rains here and the treatment facility flooded.

 

[RockstarChris]

if you lick the frog enough times you will turn it into a prince

 

[WTF2008]

Do you not find it more likely this was drugs dumped or lost at sea carrying illicit oxycodone by the small cartel vessels preferred not for safety, but to elude Coast Guard authorities? Or flushed out via our sewage system from thousands of different drug users in the cities? Maybe from hospitals?

What is the CT here? That the government is putting oxycodone into our water to create a generation of junkies with a demand for those drugs? Because they don't need to do that. Over-prescribing Vicodin has has worked just swell.

I like this part "What is the CT here?"

People laugh at so-called conspiracy theories, then when they turn out to be true it's all:

"Well of course that's what happened."

 

[Rod1]

Do you not find it more likely this was drugs dumped or lost at sea carrying illicit oxycodone by the small cartel vessels preferred not for safety, but to elude Coast Guard authorities? Or flushed out via our sewage system from thousands of different drug users in the cities? Maybe from hospitals?

What is the CT here? That the government is putting oxycodone into our water to create a generation of junkies with a demand for those drugs? Because they don't need to do that. Over-prescribing Vicodin has has worked just swell.

Oxycodone is not solluble in water, most likely they are merely finding oxycodone metabolites in mussels from sewage.

 

[Rod1]

I like this part "What is the CT here?"

People laugh at so-called conspiracy theories, then when they turn out to be true it's all:

"Well of course that's what happened."

You do realize your pee and shit has to end somewhere right?

 

[Madmick]

I like this part "What is the CT here?"

People laugh at so-called conspiracy theories, then when they turn out to be true it's all:

"Well of course that's what happened."

I'm trying to identify what theory for government malfeasance (direct, indirect, or though management of policies) is being forwarded, or if there is even is such a theory being forwarded. The OP is so cryptic.

Oxycodone is not solluble in water, most likely they are merely finding oxycodone metabolites in mussels from sewage.

Indeed, but it doesn't have to be humans who are ingesting and breaking it down. I was trying to brainstorm any scenario, however outlandish, that it might be getting dumped into the water supply, or tainting it via runoff (because that appears to be an implication of the OP with regard to Atrazine, and @jefferz is a farmer, so he understands pesticide runoff well, I presumed).

 

[OverCoronavirus Pressure]

Pharmaceuticals have been found in aquatic life for decades, and it is troubling. Alex Jones wasn’t that far off base when he said they are turning frogs gay.

Alex Jones never demonstrates a clear understanding of any scientific concept. He's a fucking idiot spouting nonsense to idiots.