Consumption of illicit drugs is a new concern for water management that must be considered
not only because of the social and public health aspects but also in an environmental …

Thousands of chemicals have been identified as contaminants of emerging concern (CECs),
but prioritizing them concerning ecological and human health risks is challenging. We …

Wastewater-based drug monitoring is a complementary tool that has been used worldwide
in recent years, and many cities have periodically reported monitoring results. However, this …

Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) is considered a cost-effective alternative approach
capable of determining the consumption and prevalence of drug use in communities …

Sewage epidemiology is a cost-effective, comprehensive, and non-invasive technique
capable of determining semi-real-time community usage of drugs utilizing the concentration …

The application of machine learning has recently gained interest from ecotoxicological fields
for its ability to model and predict chemical and/or biological processes, such as the …

Sewage-based epidemiology was applied for the first time to a number of mainland Chinese
megacities. The application monitored influents to 9 sewage treatment plants (STPs) to …

Abstract Introduction and Aims Wastewater analysis provides a non‐intrusive way of
measuring drug use within a population. We used this approach to determine daily use of …

The illegal use of beta-agonists could cause severe problems to human health. In this study,
the usage of beta-agonists in 31 cities across China was estimated using wastewater-based …

The presence of pharmaceuticals (PHA) and narcotics (NAR) in wastewater (WW) has
attracting growing interest due to concern for aquatic environment and the possibility to …