Collaborate Disseminate
One of the lesser-known but potentially powerful ways authorities may be able to track the spread of the novel coronavirus is by analyzing the sewage of their communities. Scientists employing this approach in Italy have uncovered evidence of the virus… Continue reading Coronavirus evident in Italy’s sewage months before its first case
The battle against the novel coronavirus calls for inventive ways to track its spread, and one way scientists are working to achieve this is through our sewage. Australian researchers are reporting a breakthrough in this area, discovering evidence of t… Continue reading Detecting signs of COVID-19 in sewage offers virus-tracking potential
Human urine and excrement can store all kinds of useful information about our health and wellbeing, and scientists are pursuing some interesting technologies that could help us unlock it. Among them is a team at Stanford University, who have demonstrat… Continue reading Stanford’s smart toilet scans human waste for signs of disease
There is an arm of science focused on revealing insights about human behavior and public health by analyzing the contents of our sewage. Known as wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE), this technology has become a very valuable tool widely employed by au… Continue reading Scientists prepare sewage sensors to help track outbreaks of COVID-19
A new study demonstrates the ways that pharmaceutical runoff could travel up the food-chain. Continue reading Human Waste Is Contaminating Australian Wildlife with More Than 60 Pharmaceuticals
Police in dozens of Chinese cities are sifting through human waste to track narcotics rings and drug programs. Continue reading China is Using Mass Pee and Poo Surveillance to Police Illegal Drug Use