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Health
Keira Jenkins

Wastewater reveals divide in alcohol consumption

Alcohol consumption varies between regional and remote communities and capital cities, a study found (Daniel Munoz/AAP PHOTOS)

Alcohol consumption is decreasing across the country, but city-dwellers are curbing their drinking at higher rates than their regional counterparts, a study has found.

Wastewater samples from 50 sites across the country, collected over the past seven years, were analysed by researchers according to community socioeconomic status and remoteness.

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