EMCDDA meeting on wastewater analysis 28 January 2011, Lisbon
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EMCDDA meeting on wastewater analysis
28 January 2011, Lisbon
In 2010, a Europe-wide network (Sewage Analysis CORE Group — Europe) was established to standardise the approach to wastewater analysis and to coordinate national studies. On 28 January 2011 a first meeting took place.
Presentations
- Review and mapping of the current EU situation with regard to wastewater analysis and drugs – Alexander van Nuijs, University of Antwerp, Belgium (PDF)
- Estimating community drug use – Ettore Zuccato, Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research, Italy (PDF)
- Developing an annual estimate of community excretion of drugs – preliminary findings from the northwest region of the US – Caleb Banta Green, University of Washington, USA (PDF)
- Towards estimating the uncertainty of wastewater-based consumption estimates of illicit drugs – Jörg Rieckermann and Christoph Ort, Eawag — aquatic research, Switzerland (PDF)
- Detecting and monitoring new psychoactive substances in wastewater – John Ramsey, University of London, United Kingdom (PDF)
- The potential of wastewater analysis for monitoring illicit drugs, in combination with other drug monitoring approaches – Tibor Brunt, Trimbos-instituut, Netherlands (PDF)
About the EMCDDA
The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) is the reference point on drugs and drug addiction information in Europe. Inaugurated in Lisbon in 1995, it is one of the EU’s decentralised agencies. Read more >>
Contact
The EMCDDA is located at:
Praça Europa 1, Cais do Sodré
1249-289 Lisbon
Portugal
Tel. (351) 211 21 02 00
