Bay mussels in Puget Sound show traces of oxycodone | Puget Sound Institute

Bay mussels in Puget Sound show traces of oxycodone | Puget Sound Institute: By Jeff Rice 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 …
(Jeff RICE, Puget Sound Institute - University of Washington,Tacoma; May 9, 2018)


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Stormwater Action Monitoring 2015/16 Mussel Monitoring Survey
[Final Report Number FRT 17-06, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW); August 9, 2017]

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