Monday, 18. June 2007
Topic: DRUGS - on June 18, 2007 at 10:15:00 AM CEST
Drug War Gets Dirtier as What You Flush Becomes Evidence
Think twice before you flush the toilet. You might be sending evidence straight to the authorities — at least if you're getting high in Italy or Switzerland. Scientists there recently did a study in which they tracked narcotic use through municipal sewage systems. Twice a day, at weekly intervals, wastewater was spirited out of treatment plants in Milan and Lugano, dried with a blast of nitrogen, then injected into a mass spectrometer to detect illicit substances.
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