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Occurrence and removal of pharmaceuticals in wastewater treatment plants at the Spanish Mediterranean area of Valencia
(Elsevier, 2012-04)
A survey on the presence of pharmaceuticals in urban wastewater of a Spanish Mediterranean area (Castellon province) was carried out. The scope of the study included a wide variety of pharmaceuticals belonging to different ...
Target and non-target screening strategies for organic contaminants, residues and illicit substances in food , environmental and human biological samples by UHPLC-QTOF-MS
(RSC Publishing, 2012-01)
In this paper, we illustrate the potential of ultra-high performance liquid chromatography (UHPLC) coupled with hybrid quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry (QTOF MS) for large scale screening of organic contaminants ...
Liquid chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry for the residue determination of ethylenethiourea (ETU) and propylenethiourea (PTU) in water
(Elsevier, 2012)
Ethylenethiourea (ETU) and propylenethiourea (PTU) are the main degradation products of dithiocarbamates fungicides, which are widely used in agriculture from several years ago. Their determination in water at low ...
Simultaneous determination of triazines and their main transformation products in surface and urban wastewater by ultra-high-pressure liquid chromatography- tandem mass spectrometry
(Springer Verlag, 2010)
This work describes the optimization, validation and application to real samples of an ultra-high-pressure liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (UHPLC-MS/MS) method for the quantification and confirmation of 11 ...
Identification and characterization of a novel cathinone derivative 1-(2,3dihydro-1H-inden-5-yl)-2-phenyl-2-(pyrrolidin-1-yl)-ethanone seized by customs in Jersey
(Springer, 2015-11)
A suspicious white powder labeled “idanyl-biphenyl-amninone,” which was seized by customs officials at the "channel island" of Jersey, UK, was brought to our laboratory for identification and characterization of its ...
Effect-based evaluation of water quality in a system of indirect reuse of wastewater for drinking water production
(Elsevier, 2023-05)
Indirect potable reuse of wastewater is a practice that is gaining attention, aiming to increase freshwater supplies to meet water scarcity. However, reusing effluent wastewater for drinking water production comes with a ...
Rapid and sensitive analytical method for the determination of amoxicillin and related compounds in water meeting the requirements of the European union watch list
(Elsevier, 2021-10-07)
The presence of antibiotics in the aquatic environment is becoming one of the main research focus of scientists and policy makers. Proof of that is the inclusion of four antibiotics, amongst which is amoxicillin,
in the ...
Three years of wastewater surveillance for new psychoactive substances from 16 countries
(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 ...
Screening for new psychoactive substances in wastewater from educational institutions
(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 ...
Investigation of pharmaceuticals and illicit drugs in waters by liquid chromatography-high-resolution mass spectrometry
(Elsevier, 2014)
Mass spectrometry (MS) coupled to chromatography has been increasingly used in the environmental field, as it allows the best performance currently attainable for the investigation of a wide range of organic pollutants. ...