Nitazenes in wastewater with Richard Bade

S3E4 - Nitazenes in wastewater with Richard Bade

Published: April 11, 2025

Duration: 15:35

In this episode, Dr Elle Wadsworth talks to Dr Richard Bade from Queensland Alliance for Environmental Health Sciences at the University of Queensland about his and his co-authors research report on the identification of nitazenes through wastewater analysis, using two-years of data from 22 countries. Richard discusses why a study detecting nitazenes in wastewater was needed and what the future for detecting nitazenes in wastewater looks like, including implications for policy and practice.

·      What is wastewater analysis and how we use it in the field of drugs [01:21]

·      What are nitazenes and why they are a problem [02:28]

·      Wh...