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QAEHS in Focus: Youngjoon Jeon

Published on: 9 March 2022

Plastic labelling needs 'sustainability scale'

Published on: 4 March 2022

Labelling of plastic products needs a drastic overhaul including a new "sustainability scale" to help consumers, according to research from The University of Queensland and University of Exeter.

Passive smoking, synthetic bedding and gas heating in homes show the strongest links to asthma

Published on: 18 February 2022

Wastewater useful for detection of new party drugs

Published on: 17 January 2022

Dr Richard Bade wrote for Insight+ alongside Emeritus Professor Wayne Hall from UQ's National Centre for Youth Substance Use Research.

QAEHS attends the Milbi Festival

Published on: 10 November 2021

Wastewater surveillance: ABC Radio Evenings

Published on: 2 November 2021

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

Drug use remains a serious issue in Queensland: Wastewater report

Published on: 28 October 2021

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

Hidden Covid cases picked up in Qantas aircraft wastewater

Published on: 20 October 2021

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.