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Who sees what you flush? Wastewater surveillance for public health is on the rise, but a new survey reveals many US adults are still unaware

  • Written by Rochelle H. Holm, Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Louisville
Who sees what you flush? Wastewater surveillance for public health is on the rise, but a new survey reveals many US adults are still unawareWhether a wastewater sample is taken at the street level or a treatment plant affects the size of the group of people it represents.University of Louisville, CC BY-ND

Flush and forget? Not if you have a toilet that flushes to one of over 3,000 sites around the world where researchers are using wastewater to track SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes...

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