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Viewpoint and Opinions on Technology and Innovation in Public Health (62) Policy and Policy Proposals (136) Ethics, Privacy, and Legal Issues (544) Surveillance Systems (490) Innovative Methods in Public Health and Surveillance (357) Environmental Health (92) Infectious Diseases (non-STD/STI) (1654)

Published on in Vol 11 (2025)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/67145, first published .
Ethical Considerations for Wastewater Surveillance Conducted by the US Department of Defense

Ethical Considerations for Wastewater Surveillance Conducted by the US Department of Defense

Ethical Considerations for Wastewater Surveillance Conducted by the US Department of Defense

Authors of this article:

Hunter Jackson Smith1, 2 Author Orcid Image ;   Richard T Agans3 Author Orcid Image ;   William J Kowallis4, 5 Author Orcid Image
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Hunter Jackson Smith   1, 2 , MD, MPH, MBE ;   Richard T Agans   3 , PhD ;   William J Kowallis   4, 5 , PhD

1 Global Emerging Infections Surveillance Branch, Armed Forces Health Surveillance Division, Silver Spring, MD, United States

2 Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics, Baltimore, MD, United States

3 Applied Technology and Genomics Division, Defense Centers for Public Health, Dayton, OH, United States

4 Department of Emerging Biological Threats, Defense Centers for Public Health, Aberdeen, MD, United States

5 Department of Computational and Chemical Sciences, Carlow University, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

Corresponding Author:

  • Hunter Jackson Smith, MD, MPH, MBE
  • Global Emerging Infections Surveillance Branch
  • Armed Forces Health Surveillance Division
  • 11800 Tech Rd Suite #200
  • Silver Spring, MD, 20904
  • United States
  • Phone: 1 3013193272
  • Email: hunter.j.smith32.mil@health.mil