• openAccess   Changes in drug use in European cities during early COVID-19 lockdowns ? A snapshot from wastewater analysis 

      Been, Frederic; Emke, Erik; Matias, Joao Luis; Baz Lomba, Jose Antonio; Boogaerts, Tim; Castiglioni, Sara; Campos-Mañas, Marina Celia; Celma, Alberto; Covaci, Adrian; de Voogt, Pim; Hernandez, Felix; Kasprzyk-Hordern, Barbara; ter Laak, Thomas; Reid, Malcolm; Salgueiro-González, Noelia; Steenbeek, Ruud; van Nuijs, Alexander; Zuccato, Ettore; Bijlsma, Lubertus Elsevier (2021-03-26)
      The COVID-19 outbreak has forced countries to introduce severe restrictive measures to contain its spread. In particular, physical distancing and restriction of movement have had important consequences on human behaviour ...
    • closedAccess   Influent wastewater analysis to investigate emerging trends of new psychoactive substances use in Europe 

      Salgueiro-González, Noelia; Been, Frederic; Bijlsma, Lubertus; Boogaerts, Tim; Covaci, Adrian; Baz Lomba, Jose Antonio; Kasprzyk-Hordern, Barbara; Matias, João; Ort, Christoph; Bodík, Igor; Heath, Ester; Styszko, Katarzyna; Emke, Erik; Hernandez, Felix; van Nuijs, Alexander; Castiglioni, Sara Elsevier (2024-01-27)
      Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) can provide objective and timely information on the use of new psychoactive substances (NPS), originally designed as legal alternatives of internationally controlled drugs. NPS have ...
    • closedAccess   Spatial and temporal assessment of crack cocaine use in 13 European cities through wastewater-based epidemiology 

      Steenbeek, Ruud; Emke, Erik; Vughs, Dennis; Matias, Joao Luis; Boogaerts, Tim; Castiglioni, Sara; Campos-Mañas, Marina Celia; Covaci, Adrian; de Voogt, Pim; ter Laak, Thomas; Hernandez, Felix; Salgueiro-González, Noelia; Meijer, Wim; Dias, Mario J.; Simoes, Susana; van Nuijs, Alexander; Bijlsma, Lubertus; Been, Frederic Elsevier (2022-07-25)
      Already in early 2000s, concerns have been growing in the EU about increasing use of cocaine and it is estimated that below 1% of the population administer the drug by smoking crack cocaine. New available data suggests ...
    • openAccess   Three years of wastewater surveillance for new psychoactive substances from 16 countries 

      Bade, Richard; Rousis, Nikolaos I; Adhikari, Sangeet; Baduel, Christine; Bijlsma, Lubertus; Bizani, Erasmia; Boogaerts, Tim; Burgard, Daniel A.; Castiglioni, Sara; Chappell, Andrew; Covaci, Adrian; Driver, Erin M.; Fabriz Sodré, Fernando; Fatta-Kassinos, Despo; Galani, Aikaterini; Gerber, Cobus; GRACIA LOR, EMMA; Gracia-Marín, Elisa; Halden, Rolf; Heath, Ester; Hernandez, Felix; Yin Lai, Foon; Lee, Heon-Jun; Laimou-Geraniou, Maria; Oh, Jeong-Eun; Olafsdottir, Kristin; Phung, Kaitlyn; Pineda Castro, Marco; Psichoudaki, Magda; Shao, Xueting; Salgueiro-González, Noelia; Silva Feitosa, Rafael; Silvino Gomes, Cezar; Subedi, Bikram; Löve, Arndís; Thomaidis, Nikolaos; Tran, Diana; van Nuijs, Alexander; Verovšek, Taja; Wang, Degao; White, Jason; Yargeau, Viviane; Zuccato, Ettore; Mueller, Jochen Elsevier (2023-05)
      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 broader insight into community consumption patterns ...
    • openAccess   Workflow to facilitate the detection of new psychoactive substances and drugs of abuse in influent urban wastewater 

      Bade, Richard; van Herwerden, Denice; Rousis, Nikolaos I; Adhikari, Sangeet; Allen, Darren; Baduel, Christine; Bijlsma, Lubertus; Boogaerts, Tim; Burgard, Dan; Chappell, Andrew; Driver, Erin M.; Fabriz Sodré, Fernando; Fatta-Kassinos, Despo; GRACIA LOR, EMMA; Gracia-Marín, Elisa; Halden, Rolf; Heath, Ester; Keller, Emma; Krotulski, Alex; Lai, Foon Yin; Mueller, Jochen Elsevier (2024-03-08)
      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 in influent urban wastewater. In this ...