Occurrence of cocaine in the air of the world's cities: an emerging problem? A new tool to investigate the social incidence of drugs?

A Cecinato, C Balducci, G Nervegna - Science of the total environment, 2009 - Elsevier
The occurrence of illicit substances in the air was investigated in various world locations and
ambient conditions. The analytical procedure optimized for cocaine, methadone and …

Detection of cocaine in the airborne particles of the Italian cities Rome and Taranto

A Cecinato, C Balducci - Journal of separation science, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Cocaine was first detected in the air of two Italian cities, Rome and Taranto, where it reached
concentrations sometimes exceeding 100 pg/m3, by HRGC–MS analysis of carbonaceous …

Assessing persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in the Sicily Island atmosphere, Mediterranean, using PUF disk passive air samplers

K Pozo, M Palmeri, V Palmeri, VH Estellano… - … Science and Pollution …, 2016 - Springer
In this study, PUF disk passive air samplers were deployed at eight sites, during two
sampling periods, on the Island of Sicily in the Mediterranean basin. Samples were …

Airborne psychotropic substances in eight Italian big cities: burdens and behaviours

A Cecinato, C Balducci, P Romagnoli, M Perilli - Environmental pollution, 2012 - Elsevier
Psychotropic substances were monitored in eight big cities of Italy over one year, starting in
May 2010, in the frame of the Ariadrugs Project. Yearly average concentrations ranged from …

Preliminary characterization of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, nitrated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and furans in …

C Scipioni, F Villanueva, K Pozo… - Environmental …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
The composition of particulate organic fraction was determined in atmospheric aerosols
emitted in two sites of central and southern Chile. In particular, polycyclic aromatic …

Analysis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons formed during off-line pyrolysis of ergosterol by GC–MS–SIM

J Cai, S Wang, Q Su - Chromatographia, 2008 - Springer
The formation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) during pyrolysis of ergosterol at
700 and 900° C is investigated. The pyrolysis is carried out in a furnace-type pyrolyzer with …

YEAR TIME MODULATION OF n-ALKANES, PAH, NITRO-PAH AND ORGANIC ACIDS AT MONTELIBRETTI ROME, ITALY

A Cecinato, C Balducci, G Nervegna… - Polycyclic Aromatic …, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
The organic fraction of airborne particulates was investigated at Montelibretti RM, Italy, over
12 months and n-alkanes, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, nitrated polycyclic aromatics …

Transformation products of illicit drugs

DA Lambropoulou, E Evgenidou - Transformation Products of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Within the last decade, illicit drugs (IDs) or “drugs of abuse”(DAs), as newly recognized
classes of environmental contaminants, have received considerable attention with respect to …