‘Passive Prozac’ may affect birds’ mating and eating

Increasing consumption of anti-depressant drugs may be helping humans, but damaging the health of the bird population, according to a new study.

With 50m prescriptions written for anti-depressant drugs each year in the UK, traces of them are present in the water system.

An expert who has looked at the effects of passive Prozac-taking on starlings says it has changed not only their feeding habits but also their interest in mating.