[HTML][HTML] Enantioselectivity in ecotoxicity of pharmaceuticals, illicit drugs, and industrial persistent pollutants in aquatic and terrestrial environments: A review

A Pérez-Pereira, JS Carrola, ME Tiritan… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
At present, there is a serious concern about the alarming number of recalcitrant
contaminants that can negatively affect biodiversity threatening the ecological status of …

[HTML][HTML] Opportunities and limits of wastewater-based epidemiology for tracking global health and attainment of UN sustainable development goals

S Adhikari, RU Halden - Environment international, 2022 - Elsevier
Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) emerged as a powerful, actionable health
management tool during the COVID-19 pandemic. Hypothesizing future uses, we explored …

[HTML][HTML] Festivals following the easing of COVID-19 restrictions: Prevalence of new psychoactive substances and illicit drugs

N Rousis, R Bade, I Romero-Sánchez, JF Mueller… - Environment …, 2023 - Elsevier
The market for illicit drugs and new psychoactive substances (NPS) has grown significantly
and people attending festivals have been identified as being at high risk (high extent and …

[HTML][HTML] Three years of wastewater surveillance for new psychoactive substances from 16 countries

R Bade, N Rousis, S Adhikari, C Baduel, L Bijlsma… - Water Research X, 2023 - Elsevier
The proliferation of new psychoactive substances (NPS) over recent years has made their
surveillance complex. The analysis of raw municipal influent wastewater can allow a …

Quantification of new psychoactive substances in Australian wastewater utilising direct injection liquid chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry

R Bade, G Eaglesham, KM Shimko, J Mueller - Talanta, 2023 - Elsevier
The dynamic new psychoactive substances (NPS) market presents a great challenge for
public health officers, law enforcement and analytical and forensic chemists. Wastewater …

[HTML][HTML] Socioeconomic status and public health in Australia: A wastewater-based study

NI Rousis, Z Li, R Bade, MS McLachlan… - Environment …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Analysis of untreated municipal wastewater is recognized as an innovative
approach to assess population exposure to or consumption of various substances …

Occurrence of Z-drugs, benzodiazepines, and ketamine in wastewater in the United States and Mexico during the Covid-19 pandemic

S Adhikari, R Kumar, EM Driver, DA Bowes… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Z-drugs, benzodiazepines and ketamine are classes of psychotropic drugs prescribed for
treating anxiety, sleep disorders and depression with known side effects including an …

Nationwide investigation on the use of new psychoactive substances in Italy through urban wastewater analysis

N Salgueiro-González, E Zuccato… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
New psychoactive substances (NPS) emerged in the mid-2000s as a legal alternative to
established illicit drugs. Despite the high individual and public harm associated to NPS, little …

[HTML][HTML] Workflow to facilitate the detection of new psychoactive substances and drugs of abuse in influent urban wastewater

R Bade, D van Herwerden, N Rousis, S Adhikari… - Journal of hazardous …, 2024 - Elsevier
The complexity around the dynamic markets for new psychoactive substances (NPS) forces
researchers to develop and apply innovative analytical strategies to detect and identify them …

Target and suspect screening of (new) psychoactive substances in South Korean wastewater by LC-HRMS

HJ Lee, JE Oh - Science of The Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
New psychoactive substances (NPS) are a type of abused drug designed to mimic the
effects of the currently known illicit drugs, whose structures are constantly changing to …