Researchers analyse nearly 300 samples from Langstone and Chichester harbours off the south coast of England.
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Researchers from Brunel and Portsmouth universities analysed nearly 300 samples from Langstone and Chichester harbours, in Hampshire and West Sussex. Prof Alex Ford, from the University of Portsmouth, has been studying the impact of the chemicals on marine life and said he had found traces of many of the chemicals inside the bodies of aquatic creatures like crabs and shrimp.He told the BBC that the concentration level was still being determined but said the drugs were likely to be having similar effects on animals as they do on humans.
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