• Researchers found cocaine in all samples of shrimp tested in a rural area of eastern England, they revealed on May 1, with ketamine also widespread.

BACKGROUND:

• Scientists from King’s College London, in collaboration with the University of Suffolk, made the “surprise” discovery after taking samples from 15 locations across the farming county of Suffolk.
• The study, published in Environment International, looked at the levels of various “micro-pollutants” in freshwater shrimp.