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New platform detects contaminants in fish and water By TPN/Lusa, in News · 18-07-2021 17:04:00 · 0 Comments
Researchers at the Superior Institute of Engineering of Porto (ISEP) have developed portable sensor and biosensor platforms that allow detecting emerging contaminants such as antibiotics, hormones, antidepressants or anti-inflammatory drugs in water and fish.
In a statement, ISEP says that portable sensor and biosensor platforms to quantify in loco and at low cost the emerging contaminants in fishery products and waters are being developed by researchers as part of the CECs (Bio)Sensing project.
“As Portugal is one of the countries of the European Union that has the highest consumption of fish, it is imperative to control the quality and safety of fishery products, in particular the most appreciated sp