Water and Environment Technology WET Lab, IIT Gandhinagar

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Scientists examine sewage to gauge spread of coronavirus Given that most Indians are unlikely to be tested for COVID-19, scientists are taking a cue from the country’s surveillance programme for polio and turning to sewage to get a clearer snapshot of how many people are infected with the coronavirus. Wastewater epidemiology is a valuable tool to monito...

https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/water/how-drug-resistance-spreads-in-urban-environment-67474?fbclid=IwAR2V7jWyYgXGd7cR_ReYnxLOtDURd9uHefCgfwsGKmchSsOGAL4hEGcW6HI

How drug resistance spreads in urban environment Pharmaceutical and personal care product residues were directly associated with raw sewage

https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change-crisis-rich-poor-wealth-apartheid-environment-un-report-a8974231.html

‘Climate apartheid’: Rich people will buy their way out of the environmental crisis while the poor suffer, UN warns Millions forced to choose between starvation and migration under 'best-case' scenario of 1.5C of warming by 2100

https://www.livemint.com/news/india/a-wish-list-on-water-from-parched-india-1560265588046.html

A wish list on water from parched India Fixing India’s water crisis will need saner policies, meticulous strategy and a massive amount of public participation

"I used to think that top environmental problems were biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and climate change. I thought that thirty years of good science could address these problems. I was wrong. The top environmental problems are selfishness, greed and apathy, and to deal with these we need a cultural and spiritual transformation and we scientists don't know how to do that..."

—Gus Speth,
US Advisor on climate change and Yale professor