Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Ainsworth, Claire

Titel

Secrets in the sewers

Ist Teil von

• New scientist (1971), 2022-08, Vol.255 (3400), p.42-45

Ort / Verlag

London: New Scientist

Erscheinungsjahr

2022

Quelle

Nexis Uni

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The work inspired scientists across Europe to standardise the collection and analysis of information about drugs in waste water and establish a continent-wide monitoring system. In principle, it can detect almost anything in sewage, from markers of diet and stress to prescription drugs and personal care products. [...]quantified, near-real-time analysis of waste water allows authorities to trackthings like activity in the illegal drug market. Being able to quantify waste water data is also crucial when studying population exposures to environmental pollutants, to see whether safety thresholds have been crossed, says Barbara Kasprzyk-Hordern at the University of Bath, UK, "You really need to know the numbers."