translated from Spanish: Salmon are poisoned with cocaine on Farm in Germany

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Germany. – Officials at the Lanuv State Environment Agency in Germany observed strange behavior in Atlantic salmon more than a year ago, in June 2020. The fish, raised in a species conservation project, were trying to get out of the water.
According to Daniel Fey, head of the Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture Ecology, it was because they wanted to avoid water instinctively, due to a degree of pollution in it. But the next day the salmon returned to an absolutely normal behavior.
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When carrying out an analysis of the waters, they found several chemical substances that would explain such contamination: pesticides and pharmaceuticals in small quantities, and two, specifically, in greater quantities: cocaine and benzoylocgonine, a product used to dilute the above substance.
No cocaine was found in the fish tank of the salmon, but it is explained by the high degree of dilution of this substance in the water.

Salmon frantically jumping around on a fish farm in Germany may have been on cocaine, according to a report released by German environmental officials. https://t.co/owm5JJEg0j
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Because of the unusual finding, officials investigated the creek and found an illegal discharge of sewage. In certain parts of Europe, it is common for drug trafficking banks to dump toxic waste and discharges into local streams and rivers. The police investigate the case, but it is unknown who is responsible for this dumping, since it is difficult to discover the origin when the waste is thrown into the water.
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