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Monitoring has been rolled out in 13 communities across the state to detect traces of coronavirus in wastewater.

Professor Kevin Thomas spoke to The Washington Post about wastewater testing and how it has been used to test for viruses, to study illicit drug use, and to understand the socioeconomic status of a community based on its food consumption.

UQ’s Queensland Alliance for Environmental Health Sciences, PhD candidate Francisca Ribeiro discusses the types and levels of microplastics found in seafood samples with the Brisbane Times.

Levels of plastic contamination has been found in samples of popular seafood such as prawns, oysters and crabs, with the highest content found in sardines, according to research by UQ’s Queensland Alliance for Environmental Health Sciences.