[HTML][HTML] Wastewater-based epidemiology as a surveillance tool to assess human consumption of psychotropic substances: Alcohol, nicotine and caffeine as case …

N Rousis, R Bade, E Gracia-Lor - TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) is used as a surveillance tool to provide data on
public health, drug use, exposure to chemicals and lifestyle habits. This approach can be …

Wastewater surveillance for viral pathogens: a tool for public health

MC Dos Santos, ACC Silva, C dos Reis Teixeira… - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
A focus on water quality has intensified globally, considering its critical role in sustaining life
and ecosystems. Wastewater, reflecting societal development, profoundly impacts public …

[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 …

Global occurrence, distribution, and ecological risk assessment of psychopharmaceuticals and illicit drugs in surface water environment: A meta-analysis

Y Zhang, C Guo, R Wu, S Hou, Y Liu, J Zhao, M Jiang… - Water Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Psychopharmaceuticals and illicit drugs (PIDs) in aquatic environments can negatively
impact ecosystem and human health. However, data on the sources, distribution, drivers …

How has the COVID-19 pandemic impacted wastewater-based epidemiology?

DS Barcellos, CER Barquilha, PE Oliveira… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) was one of the areas of scientific knowledge that
developed significantly with the COVID-19 pandemic, with robust worldwide application to …

[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 …

[HTML][HTML] Improving wastewater-based epidemiology for new psychoactive substance surveillance by combining a high-throughput in vitro metabolism assay and LC …

R Bade, J Huchthausen, C Huber, P Dewapriya… - Water Research, 2024 - Elsevier
One of the primary criteria for a suitable drug biomarker for wastewater-based epidemiology
(WBE) is having a unique source representing human metabolism. For WBE studies, this …

Reporting population size in wastewater-based epidemiology: A scoping review

M Price, BS Simpson, BJ Tscharke, F Ahmed… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Knowledge of the number of people present in a catchment is fundamental for the
assessment of spatio-temporal trends in wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE). Accurately …

[HTML][HTML] Early warnings and slow deaths: a sociology of outbreak and overdose

T Rhodes, K Lancaster - International Journal of Drug Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
In this paper, we offer a sociological analysis of early warning and outbreak in the field of
drug policy, focusing on opioid overdose. We trace how 'outbreak'is enacted as a rupturing …

[HTML][HTML] Application of design of experiment for quantification of 71 new psychoactive substances in influent wastewater

D Nadarajan, J O'Brien, S Cresswell, B Kele… - Analytica Chimica …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background New psychoactive substances (NPS) are of public health concern due to their
sporadic proliferation and the dearth of information on toxicity when consumed. In addition to …