wastewater
Measles is surging in the US. Wastewater tracking could help.
[ad_1] After all, wastewater contains saliva, urine, feces, shed skin, and more. You could consider it a rich biological sample. Wastewater analysis helped scientists understand how covid was spreading during...
CDC studies show value of nationwide wastewater disease surveillance, as potential funding cut looms
[ad_1] Wastewater testing can alert public health officials to measles infections days to months before cases are confirmed by doctors, researchers said in two studies published Thursday by the Centers...
Detained immigrants at 'Alligator Alcatraz' say there are worms in food and wastewater on the floor
[ad_1] At the brand new Everglades immigration detention center that officials have dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz," people held there say worms turn up in the food. Toilets don't flush, flooding floors...
‘Weaponized environmentalism’? A Texas Republican wants to test wastewater for abortion medication
[ad_1] In Texas, a Republican senator just introduced a bill that would require wastewater treatment facilities to do some extra testing—essentially making guidelines more stringent than those currently federally mandated. ...
COVID update: CDC map reveals states with “high” wastewater viral activity
[ad_1] New data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that over half of U.S. states have either "high" or "very high" levels of SARS-CoV-2—the virus...
