Kevin V. Thomas

TL;DR: The quantification of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater affords the ability to monitor the prevalence of infections among the population via wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) and highlights the viability of WBE for monitoring infectious diseases, such as COVID-19, in communities.

TL;DR: There are gaps in understanding in a number of key areas when assessing the release of contaminants from sediments: the fate of contaminants in undisturbed sediments and those that are not subjected to major disturbances, the kinetic processes that regulate metal release during changes in redox potential, the release and bioavailability of organic and organometallic compounds and the processes affecting contaminant release.

TL;DR: Results of this study show that various pharmaceutical compounds are effectively reduced during their passage through a tertiary wastewater treatment works, whilst others are sufficiently persistent to occur in estuarine systems.

TL;DR: There was some evidence to suggest that usage data are positively associated with concentrations of pharmaceuticals in effluent and, particularly, with concentrations measured in surface waters below STWs, suggesting that longer range stream transport of some compounds is possible.

TL;DR: An overview of the environmental fate and occurrence data that are in the public domain for AF biocides is provided and some insight is provided into the effects of these compounds on non-target organisms.