Infectious diseases are acknowledged as one of the most critical threats to global public
health today. Climate change, unprecedented population growth with accelerated rates of …

The presence of SARS-CoV-2 in the feces of infected patients and wastewater has drawn
attention, not only to the possibility of fecal-oral transmission but also to the use of …

Wastewater is a complex matrix containing a wide range of chemical and biological markers
of human activity. Relating concentrations of these “waste” materials in wastewater influent …

Illicit drug use is complex, hidden and often highly stigmatized behaviour, which brings a
vast challenge for drug surveillance systems. Drug consumption can be estimated by …

As a cost-effective and objective population-wide surveillance tool, wastewater-based
epidemiology (WBE) has been widely implemented worldwide to monitor the severe acute …

In the last twenty years, thousands of research papers covering different aspects of
emerging contaminants have been published, ranging from environmental occurrence to …

Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) along with illicit drugs (IDs) are newly
recognized classes of environmental pollutants and are receiving considerable attention …

Abstract Microplastics (MPs) and nanoplastics (NPs) constitute a newly recognized class of
contaminants of emerging concern in air, soil, water and food, causing unavoidable …

While our current generation continues to make efforts to remediate and minimize traditional
pollutants in the environment, other “emerging” environmental contaminants are now …

In this study, we report the implementation of a comprehensive wastewater surveillance
testing program at a university campus in Singapore to identify Severe Acute Respiratory …