Hot off the press: systematic review of the burden of disease attributable to unsafe water in high-income countries in Water Research & in collaboration with Heather Murphy & others. There is work to be done to deliver the benefits of safe water to all. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

New pre-print just posted, led by Gouthami Rao with input from many others including Drew Capone, @shitsheaux Here we examine ATL wastewater for a wide range of mostly enteric pathogens, using TAC. A lot of potential for screening many targets. medrxiv.org/content/10.110…

Welcome to our newest lab members!

At your holiday cookouts, remember the menace of flies: #protectthepotatosalad. Our work in Mozambique found pathogenic viruses, bacteria, protozoa, and helminths in flies. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

Got word that Philly’s new public loo opened in Center City today, so I’ve armed myself with a 40 oz Wawa iced tea to give you a first person review. Dear lord this thing better be open I have to pee so bad. Follow along for some service journalism by yours truly. (A thread)

Onsite sanitation, now onsite in my office 🚽

I'm dying 🤣

My City’s Drinking Water Is Salty and Foul. Will Your City’s Be Next? nytimes.com/2023/07/19/opi…

Even in Indianapolis flies are full of 💩. Thanks Christine Picard for the tips on how to catch them.

Just out: open-access paper in PLOS Water on the impact of the public toilets on enteric pathogen hazards in San Francisco, led by Troy Barker & Drew Capone (co-first) & with a stellar team including Heather Amato, PhD & Jay Graham journals.plos.org/water/article?… 1/8

The pXRF is so cool. Rapid and informative. Thanks Michelle Del Rio for letting me sit in on the training. And it's nice to know Pb in my mug is below the LOD!

"Dr.C, I found one crummy looking pinworm egg on the wetmount, but I cannot find anymore after 15 mins to confirm!" UV for the win! Many helmith ova are autofluorescent under broad range excitation filters! This is a standard filter block used for calcofluor white. #parasitology

How do flies find every stinky garbage dumpster? A biologist explains their sensory superpower theconversation.com/how-do-flies-f… via The Conversation U.S.

#1 rule of field work. Always bring your own toilet paper in case of #2.

Excited to be in Quelimane this week in preparation for our upcoming collaboration with INS, Karen Levy , and Matthew Freeman

It was great to meet Dr. Manuel de Araújo, mayor of Quelimane, and chat about the sanitation and health challenges the city faces. Excited to work together and generate data that can inform decision making.

Anyone in #indianapolis #compost and noticing larvae in your compost? They’re great. Also - can I have some? DM me if you see them - we are using them (black soldier flies) in our research.