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Researchers to analyse wastewater for diseases at UK-first centre

Professor Barbara Kasprzyk-Hordern said it will enable public health experts ‘to monitor health and environmental risks quickly and efficiently’ (CWBE) - (University of Bath)

A centre where researchers will analyse wastewater to detect diseases early and alert officials to potential outbreaks has been launched in a UK-first.

The team at the Centre of Excellence in Water-Based Early-Warning Systems for Health Protection (CWBE) in Bath will test sewage and water used by homes and businesses to look for chemicals and markers of viruses and bacteria.

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