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wastewater testing
Coverage of wastewater testing in the Nexus archive.
- Cities and schools are testing wastewater for illicit drugs
Tempe, Arizona is testing wastewater to detect illicit drugs early and reduce overdoses by alerting citizens and emergency medical responders.
- Measles emerges in California wastewater as health experts sound alarm
California health officials discovered evidence of measles in routine wastewater testing as the state faces a sharp resurgence of the disease.
- New White House drug abuse strategy floats wastewater testing, AI, more treatment
The Trump administration's proposed drug control strategy includes real-time wastewater testing to monitor illegal drug use and AI for tracking threats, according to a draft obtained by CBS News.