Analytical Instruments News
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LSU CEE Professor Bivins Studying Wastewater On International Flights
2/7/2022
With the COVID-19 Omicron variant spreading like wildfire, testing has never been more important.
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State, Local Wastewater COVID Testing Partnership Shows First St. Louis Region Decline In Six Weeks
1/26/2022
New data shows that COVID-19 viral loads in wastewater in the St. Louis community decreased for the first time in six weeks. After reaching a near-record high the previous week, the most recent testing data showed week-over-week COVID-19 viral load levels in the region’s wastewater dropped nearly 36% last week.
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USask Wastewater Testing For COVID-19 Sets The Standard
1/25/2022
Just ask University of Saskatchewan (USask) researchers Drs. Markus Brinkmann (PhD), John Giesy (PhD) and Kerry McPhedran (PhD), who have been analyzing wastewater and stormwater flows in Saskatoon, Prince Albert, North Battleford, and five First Nations communities, to uncover many of those stories.
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Scientists Prove That Deadly Gene Has Jumped From A Harmless Organism To A Nasty Pathogen
1/18/2022
University of South Australia scientists have made a surprising discovery in the origins of an antibiotic-resistant gene previously thought to have been confined to Adelaide.
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Gene Discovered In Georgia Water A Possible Global Threat
1/12/2022
A gene that causes bacteria to be resistant to one of the world’s most important antibiotics, colistin, has been detected in sewer water in Georgia.
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Wastewater Helps Decipher Popularity Of Synthetic Drugs
12/8/2021
Over the years, hundreds of new synthetic drugs that mimic the effects of illegal and legal substances have emerged.
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Tulane Researcher Part Of $1.24M EPA Grant To Study Viruses In Wastewater
12/2/2021
As more extreme weather causes water to become scarcer in regions due to drought, scientists are exploring ways to recycle wastewater for irrigation and other non-potable uses.
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Houston Health Department Testing City Wastewater For Omicron Variant
11/30/2021
The Houston Health Department is now testing the city’s wastewater for the Omicron (B.1.1.529) variant of the virus that causes COVID-19.
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Monitoring Data Can Underpin River Quality Improvements
11/23/2021
The UK’s Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) has requested written evidence from Meteor Communications, the specialist provider of remote water quality monitoring systems, as part of the committee’s ongoing inquiry into water quality in rivers.
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EPA Awards Part Of $6M To Tulane Univ. To Research Human Viruses Found In Wastewater Intended For Reuse
11/2/2021
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced Tulane University in New Orleans, La., is among recipients of $6,198,689 in funding for five grants to support research on existing and novel surrogates for detecting and monitoring viruses that are excreted with feces in wastewater that is intended for water reuse applications.