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Professor Kevin Thomas spoke with ABC Radio Brisbane Evenings about the high rates of drugs found in wastewater.

Queensland still has high rates of MDMA, cocaine and methyl amphetamine consumption, according to a report released by the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC).

Professor Jochen Mueller from UQ's Queensland Alliance for Environmental Health Sciences spoke with the Daily Telegraph about a study with CSIRO which discovered traces of COVID-19 through wastewater testing.

Researchers from The University of Queensland and Australia’s national science agency CSIRO have found SARS-CoV-2 virus in wastewater samples from long haul flights of returning Aussies, proving they can detect it before passengers show symptoms.

The Minderoo Foundation has partnered with The University of Queensland to understand if micro and nano plastics and the plastic chemicals which leach out of plastic products are found in the human body.

Improving Australia’s safe drinking water standards and a nationwide wastewater sampling program linking with the Census are among projects as part of a $1.3 million partnership between The University of Queensland and Queensland Health.