Wastewater-Based Epidemiology for the Assessment of Human Exposure to Environmental Pollutants

1st Edition - July 30, 2023
Editors: Mohammad Hadi Dehghani, Rama Rao Karri, Nikolaos Rousis, Emma Gracia-Lor
Language: English
Paperback ISBN:
9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 9 1 7 2 - 5
eBook ISBN:
9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 6 1 4 6 - 9

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Wastewater-based Epidemiology for the Assessment of Human Exposure to Environmental Pollutants discusses wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) and its use in risk assessment and monitoring of human exposure to hazardous pollutants and pathogens. The book explores the health impacts of organic and inorganic pollutants from pesticides, heavy metals, pharmaceuticals, phthalates, personal care products, and endocrine disruptors in the wastewater environment. The book examines the application of wastewater-based epidemiology in determining health risk and exposure to infectious diseases caused by viruses, such as SARS-CoV-2, parasites, and bacteria. Other topics include detection techniques, sampling techniques, analytical methods, biomarkers, and the use of biosensors in wastewater-based epidemiology studies.

Cover image
Title page
Table of Contents
Copyright
Dedication
Contributors
About the editors
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Wastewater-based epidemiology: Evidence mapping toward identifying emerging areas of research
1.1. Introduction
1.2. Material and methods
1.3. Results and discussion
1.4. Challenges and limitations
1.5. Conclusion
Conflict of Interest
Chapter 2. Moving beyond wastewater analysis toward epidemiology
2.1. Introduction
2.2. Drug consumption, metabolism, and excretion
2.3. Wastewater sampling and analysis
2.4. Beyond analysis toward epidemiology
2.5. Conclusions
Chapter 3. Sampling techniques in wastewater-based epidemiology approach
3.1. Introduction
3.2. Active sampling
3.3. Passive sampling
3.4. Conclusion
Chapter 4. Assessment of in-sample and in-sewer stability of biomarkers in wastewater-based epidemiology: an important step
4.1. Introduction
4.2. Methodology used to evaluate biomarker stability
4.3. In-sewer stabilities of biomarkers
4.4. In-sample stability of biomarkers and the selection of preservative methods
4.5. Factors affecting the degradation of biomarkers
4.6. Implications for wastewater-based epidemiology
4.7. Conclusions
Chapter 5. Population biomarkers for wastewater-based epidemiology
5.1. Introduction
5.2. Flow—the first proposed wastewater population biomarker
5.3. What makes a good Wastewater-based epidemiology population marker?
5.4. Summary and perspective: continuing the quest for identifying population biomarkers
Chapter 6. Wastewater-based epidemiology through pharmaceuticals as biochemical markers and associated challenges
6.1. Introduction
6.2. Water fingerprinting through WBE: a new approach to evaluating public health
6.3. Biomarkers of pharmaceuticals and personal care products
6.4. Population biomarker: a paradigm for PPCPs prevalence
6.5. Limitations
6.6. Conclusion
Chapter 7. The complexities associated with the detection of new psychoactive substances in wastewater
7.1. Introduction
7.2. Analytical methods
7.3. Considerations for future methods
7.4. Conclusion
Chapter 8. Wastewater-based epidemiology for assessing and monitoring human exposure to pesticides
8.1. Introduction
8.2. Pesticides groups
8.3. Analytical method
8.4. Stability of parent pesticides and their metabolites in wastewater
8.5. Human risk assessment
8.6. Limitations and future research needs
8.7. Conclusion
Chapter 9. Expansion and diversification of wastewater-based epidemiology strategies in pandemic conditions to serve immediate public health goals
9.1. Introduction
9.2. Materials and methods
9.3. Results and discussion
9.4. Conclusion
Chapter 10. Viral surveillance of wastewater as a promising tool to assess the spread of pathogens in the population: the experience of SARS-CoV-2
10.1. Introduction
10.2. Aim of the study
10.3. Material and methods
10.4. Results and discussion
10.5. Conclusion
Index

Mohammad Hadi Dehghani

Prof. Dr. Mohammad Hadi Dehghani is a Full Professor at the Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), School of Public Health, Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran. His scientific research interest includes environmental science. He is an editorial board member, guest editor, and reviewer in many internal and international journals and is a member of several international science committees around the world. He has authored or edited 16 books and more than 230 full papers published in peer-reviewed journals.

Affiliations and expertise

Professor, Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), School of Public Health, Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Tehran, Iran

Rama Rao Karri

Dr. Rama Rao Karri is a professor (senior assistant) in the Faculty of Engineering at Universiti Teknologi Brunei. He has over 18 years of experience in academia, industry, and research. He has published 200+ research articles in reputed journals, book chapters, and conference proceedings.

Affiliations and expertise

Professor, Faculty of Engineering, University of Technology of Brunei, India

Nikolaos Rousis

Dr. Nikolaos Rousis is a Chemist and works as a Researcher at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece, and the Queensland Alliance for Environmental Health Sciences (QAEHS), University of Queensland, Australia. He was awarded his PhD at the Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research in Milan, Italy. His scientific research interests mainly focus on analytical and environmental chemistry and wastewater-based epidemiology. He has published numerous peer-reviewed papers in international journals and book chapters. He is also a reviewer for many international scientific journals.

Affiliations and expertise

Researcher, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece, and the Queensland Alliance for Environmental Health Sciences (QAEHS), University of Queensland, Australia

Emma Gracia-Lor

Prof. Emma Gracia-Lor is a Professor in the Department of Analytical Chemistry and part of the Faculty of Chemistry at Complutense University in Madrid, Spain. She received her PhD in Chemistry from the University Jaume I of Castellón (Spain), where she received the Extraordinary Doctorate Award. Her research is focused on analytical and environmental chemistry and wastewater-based epidemiology. She has published numerous peer-reviewed papers in international journals and book chapters.

Affiliations and expertise

Professor, Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry at Complutense University in Madrid, Spain