Tracking community-wide drug use by testing water at sewage treatment plants

Scientists in Oregon and Washington State are reporting the development and successful testing of a new method for determining the extent of illicit drug use in entire communities from water flushed down toilets that enters municipal wastewater treatment plants. The technique may be an effective tool for comparing drug use in different regions of the United States and the world, they note in a study is scheduled for the 15 December issue of ACS' Environmental Science and Technology, a semi-monthly journal...

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