Concerning the Viewpoint; 'An Anti-Doping Sampling Strategy Utilizing the Sewerage Systems of Sport Villages'

摘要

The authors present the concept of wastewater sampling to measure or detect the use of controlled substances in sports.1 Extrapolating concentrations of drug metabolites in sewage to population dose rates has been questioned.2 The authors daim that this is not the direct intention of their scheme, where detection alone indicates breach of regulations by someone using that part of the wastewater system. However, they imply implicitly that an autosampler is able to integrate one flush event containing the substance or its metabolites from one user. What