What can wastewater (sewage) detection tell us about workplace drug testing?
For most of us, spending time thinking about our sewage system isn’t very common, but it is actually a very useful tool to tell us what type of drugs, and how much of them, we are consuming in Australia.
The idea behind testing wastewater/sewage is a simple one. All drugs consumed by an individual must be eliminated from the body as part of the normal process of dealing with what are often very toxic chemicals.
“National polling by the Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education (FARE), shows that 20 per cent of Australians purchased more alcohol and 70 per cent of them are drinking more alcohol than normal”
