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Re:Scientists Find Cocaine in Shrimps by pseudolus on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @03:50PM (#19800925)
The potential effect may be low for shrimp but the question is what is the effect on other organisms that consume shrimp in mass quantities and which, themselves, might ultimately end up being consumed by humans. Biomagnification has long been a concern of biologists with respect to pollutants such as DDT and mercury. [0].

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biomagnification

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Re:Scientists Find Cocaine in Shrimps by jandrese on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @04:09PM (#19801116)
That's typically a problem for pollutants that can't be expelled or neutralized by the body. Cocaine is organic so it probably won't have the same issue.
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