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When You Flush, You’re Drugging Salmon In Puget Sound

Spawning salmon
US Bureau of Land Management
Spawning salmon

Bill Radke speaks with Joel Baker, science director of the Center for Urban Waters at the University of Washington Tacoma, about a recent study that shows a laundry list of ​pharmaceutical drugs are showing up in fish in Puget Sound. 

Year started with KUOW: 1985 – 1986, 1991 – 2004, 2012
Year started with KUOW: 2015