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9780470529546 0470529547 Illicit drugs are an emerging class of environmental contaminants and mass spectrometry is the technique of choice for their analysis. This landmark reference discusses the analytical techniques used to detect illicit drugs in wastewater and surface water, details how to estimate the levels of contaminants in the environment, and explores the behavior, fate, and toxic effects of this new class of contaminants, now a ubiquitous presence in wastewater and surface water. The book details how an estimate of illicit drug consumption in a given population can be developed from an analysis of the residues of illicit drugs in wastewater. An important resource for analytical chemists, environmental researchers, forensic scientists, biologists, and toxicologists., This book introduces a novel application of mass spectrometry, namely the measure of illicit drugs in waste and surface water. The book also has environmental implications, as illicit drugs are a newly identified class of contaminants of concern for the aquatic ecosystem. The measurement of drug residues excreted in wastewater by consumers is also a novel and promising tool to estimate drug consumption in communities. The goal of the book therefore is to provide information on the mass spectrometry detection of illicit drugs in the environment, to address the eco-toxicological implications and to present and discuss this novel approach to estimate drug consumption by wastewater analysis. This book provides an updated and critical overview of the analytical techniques which have been used to measure illicit drugs in environmental media. The methods used for their analysis are mainly based on solid phase extraction (SPE) and high-pressure liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). After consumption illicit drugs are excreted as the parent compound and/or active metabolites in urine and feces, and enter the sewage networks. The amounts of residues conveyed to the treatment plant reflect the amount collectively excreted in urine by the consumers. Analysis at the sewage treatment plant can therefore provide an evidence-based estimation of drugs consumption in the population served by the plant. Since sewage plants can be not sufficiently efficient in removing or degrade these compounds, they can be discharged in the receiving surface water. As most of the residues of the drugs persisting in the environment have potent pharmacological activities, their presence in the aquatic environment is of concern for the ecosystem. This book will be therefore of interest not only for chemists but also for biologists, toxicologists and eco-toxicologists.
9780470529546 0470529547 Illicit drugs are an emerging class of environmental contaminants and mass spectrometry is the technique of choice for their analysis. This landmark reference discusses the analytical techniques used to detect illicit drugs in wastewater and surface water, details how to estimate the levels of contaminants in the environment, and explores the behavior, fate, and toxic effects of this new class of contaminants, now a ubiquitous presence in wastewater and surface water. The book details how an estimate of illicit drug consumption in a given population can be developed from an analysis of the residues of illicit drugs in wastewater. An important resource for analytical chemists, environmental researchers, forensic scientists, biologists, and toxicologists., This book introduces a novel application of mass spectrometry, namely the measure of illicit drugs in waste and surface water. The book also has environmental implications, as illicit drugs are a newly identified class of contaminants of concern for the aquatic ecosystem. The measurement of drug residues excreted in wastewater by consumers is also a novel and promising tool to estimate drug consumption in communities. The goal of the book therefore is to provide information on the mass spectrometry detection of illicit drugs in the environment, to address the eco-toxicological implications and to present and discuss this novel approach to estimate drug consumption by wastewater analysis. This book provides an updated and critical overview of the analytical techniques which have been used to measure illicit drugs in environmental media. The methods used for their analysis are mainly based on solid phase extraction (SPE) and high-pressure liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). After consumption illicit drugs are excreted as the parent compound and/or active metabolites in urine and feces, and enter the sewage networks. The amounts of residues conveyed to the treatment plant reflect the amount collectively excreted in urine by the consumers. Analysis at the sewage treatment plant can therefore provide an evidence-based estimation of drugs consumption in the population served by the plant. Since sewage plants can be not sufficiently efficient in removing or degrade these compounds, they can be discharged in the receiving surface water. As most of the residues of the drugs persisting in the environment have potent pharmacological activities, their presence in the aquatic environment is of concern for the ecosystem. This book will be therefore of interest not only for chemists but also for biologists, toxicologists and eco-toxicologists.