Toxicity of the Pharmaceuticals Finasteride and Melengestrol Acetate to Benthic Invertebrates
July 2020
in “
Environmental Science and Pollution Research
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TLDR Finasteride harms invertebrates' survival and burial ability.
A study from 2 years ago investigated the toxicity of finasteride and melengestrol acetate to benthic invertebrates. Finasteride was found to be harmful to the survival and burial ability of some invertebrates,