• openAccess   Comprehensive study on the potential environmental risk of temporal antibiotic usage through wastewater discharges 

      Gracia-Marín, Elisa; Rico, Andreu; Fabregat-Safont, David; Lopez, Francisco; Hernandez, Felix; Pitarch, Elena; Bijlsma, Lubertus Elsevier (2023-10-31)
      Antibiotic residues can reach aquatic ecosystems through urban wastewater discharges, posing an ecotoxicological risk for aquatic organisms and favoring the development of bacterial resistance. To assess the emission rate ...
    • closedAccess   Improving wastewater-based epidemiology to estimate cannabis use: focus on the initial aspects of the analytical procedure 

      Causanilles, Ana; Baz Lomba, Jose Antonio; Burgard, Daniel A.; Emke, Erik; González-Mariño, Iria; Krizman-Matasic, Ivona; Li, Angela; Love, Arndis S. C.; McCall, Ann Kathrin; Montes, Rosa; van Nuijs, Alexander; Ort, Christoph; Quintana, José B.; Senta, Ivan; Terzic, Senka; Hernandez, Felix; de Voogt, Pim; Bijlsma, Lubertus Elsevier (2017-10-02)
      estimating drug use by the general population, based on the quantitative analysis of specific human metabolites of illicit drugs in urban wastewater. Cannabis is the most commonly used illicit drug and of high interest for ...
    • openAccess   Screening for new psychoactive substances in wastewater from educational institutions 

      Verovšek, Taja; Celma, Alberto; Heath, David; Heath, Ester; Hernandez, Felix; Bijlsma, Lubertus Elsevier (2023-08-31)
      Drug (ab)use among young people is a serious issue, negatively impacting their well-being and prospects. The emergence of new psychoactive substances (NPS) further complicates the situation as they are easily accessible ...
    • openAccess   Sewage-based Epidemiology Requires a Truly Transdisciplinary Approach 

      Ort, Christoph; Banta-Green, Caleb J.; Bijlsma, Lubertus; Castiglioni, Sara; Emke, Erik; Gartner, Coral; Kasprzyk-Hordern, Barbara; Reid, Malcolm; Rieckermann, Jörg; van Nuijs, Alexander oekom verlag (2014)
      If asked whether you had consumed illicit drugs recently, would you admit it? If yes, could you precisely recall types of drug, times and amounts used? If you were the person commissioned with the task of quantifying drug ...
    • openAccess   Source identification of amphetamine-like stimulants in Spanish wastewater through enantiomeric profiling 

      Estévez Danta, Andrea; Montes, Rosa; Bijlsma, Lubertus; Cela, Rafael; Celma, Alberto; González-Mariño, Iria; Miró, Manuel; Gutmann, Vanesssa; Pérez de San Román Landa, Unai; Prieto Sobrino, Ailette; Ventura, Mireia; rodil, rosario; Quintana, José Benito Elsevier (2021-10-06)
      Amphetamine (AMP), methamphetamine (MAMP) and 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) occur in wastewater not only as a result of illicit consumption, but also, in some cases, from prescription drug use or by direct drug ...