University of Toronto developing a water quality warning system using tiny water fleas

Researchers at the University of Toronto are developing an early warning system that combines tiny water fleas and a tandem mass spectrometer for water quality and pollution.

Professor Myrna Simpson and postdoctoral fellow Tae-Yong Jeong are developing the technique. For research the wellbeing of common water fleas, better known as Daphnia, the pair uses metabolomics.

According to the University of Toronto, the tandem mass ....