Ï㽶ÊÓƵ News - Viviane Yargeau /channels/news_feeds/all/term/Viviane%20Yargeau/rss en Mapping international drug use by looking at wastewater /channels/channels/news/mapping-international-drug-use-looking-wastewater-301944 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Wastewater-based epidemiology is a rapidly developing scientific discipline with the potential for monitoring close to real-time, population-level trends in illicit drug use. By sampling a known source of wastewater, such as a sewage influent to a wastewater treatment plant, scientists can estimate the quantity of drugs used in a community from the measured levels of illicit drugs and their metabolites excreted in urine.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/feature-wastewater.jpg?itok=rtbIg4Ks" width="160" height="107" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">23 </span><span class="month">October </span><span class="year">2019</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 23 Oct 2019 13:36:20 +0000 webfull 154683 at /channels