JJ_BPK
06-19-2012, 08:04
This little gem from the back end of the today's Miami Herald "Health Briefs"
The old saying "Your A$$ in mine" now has meaning!!!
Forensic Science Student Applies New Technique to Research
Juliet Kinyua found that cities can monitor cocaine usage by testing sewage water.
Written by John Davis
When it comes to cocaine, users of the drug in Lubbock abuse up to a third more on the weekends.
That’s what a master’s student with Texas Tech’s Institute for Forensic Science discovered after testing sewage water headed for the Lubbock Wastewater Treatment Plant. She reported her findings in the peer-reviewed Journal of Forensic Science.
Juliet Kinyua, now a doctoral student at The Institute of Environmental and Human Health (TIEHH) from Kenya, studied Lubbock sewer water as part of her master’s research project. She found that, on average, people in the city used 900 grams of cocaine during an average weekday, but increase their usage by up to 1,200 grams on weekends.
Assuming 100 milligrams of cocaine makes a dose, that’s 9,000 and 12,000 doses respectively.
Kinyua worked under the supervision of Kathy Sperry, senior director for the Institute of Forensic Science, and Todd Anderson, a professor of environmental toxicology at TIEHH. To test the water coming into the treatment facility, she used a process called sewage epidemiology.
About five years old, the system is more commonly used in Europe to pinpoint neighborhoods where residents use high amounts of illegal drugs as well as what kinds of drugs are being abused. Kinyua then used gas chromatography-mass spectrometry to test for a chemical product created when humans metabolize cocaine.
continued:
http://today.ttu.edu/2012/06/forensic-science-student-applies-new-technique-to-research/
The Odious Questions:
Do you need a search warrant to snoop the poop? :confused:
Does Big Mamma and the trolls at DHS really crawl thru your shiite? :confused:
Is there evidence of anus crimes being flushed down the drains of America?? :confused:
Can I get continuing ed credits for busting you A$$ :confused:
The old saying "Your A$$ in mine" now has meaning!!!
Forensic Science Student Applies New Technique to Research
Juliet Kinyua found that cities can monitor cocaine usage by testing sewage water.
Written by John Davis
When it comes to cocaine, users of the drug in Lubbock abuse up to a third more on the weekends.
That’s what a master’s student with Texas Tech’s Institute for Forensic Science discovered after testing sewage water headed for the Lubbock Wastewater Treatment Plant. She reported her findings in the peer-reviewed Journal of Forensic Science.
Juliet Kinyua, now a doctoral student at The Institute of Environmental and Human Health (TIEHH) from Kenya, studied Lubbock sewer water as part of her master’s research project. She found that, on average, people in the city used 900 grams of cocaine during an average weekday, but increase their usage by up to 1,200 grams on weekends.
Assuming 100 milligrams of cocaine makes a dose, that’s 9,000 and 12,000 doses respectively.
Kinyua worked under the supervision of Kathy Sperry, senior director for the Institute of Forensic Science, and Todd Anderson, a professor of environmental toxicology at TIEHH. To test the water coming into the treatment facility, she used a process called sewage epidemiology.
About five years old, the system is more commonly used in Europe to pinpoint neighborhoods where residents use high amounts of illegal drugs as well as what kinds of drugs are being abused. Kinyua then used gas chromatography-mass spectrometry to test for a chemical product created when humans metabolize cocaine.
continued:
http://today.ttu.edu/2012/06/forensic-science-student-applies-new-technique-to-research/
The Odious Questions:
Do you need a search warrant to snoop the poop? :confused:
Does Big Mamma and the trolls at DHS really crawl thru your shiite? :confused:
Is there evidence of anus crimes being flushed down the drains of America?? :confused:
Can I get continuing ed credits for busting you A$$ :confused: