• closedAccess   Analytical investigation of cannabis biomarkers in raw urban wastewater to refine consumption estimates 

      Campos-Mañas, Marina Celia; Van Wichelen, Natan; Covaci, Adrian; van Nuijs, Alexander; Ort, Christoph; Been, Frederic; Castiglioni, Sara; Hernandez, Felix; Bijlsma, Lubertus Elsevier (2022-08)
      Wastewater analysis of Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) biomarkers can provide essential information on trends in cannabis consumption. Although analysis is mostly focused on the aqueous phase, previous studies have illustrated ...
    • openAccess   Current state and future perspectives on de facto population markers for normalization in wastewater-based epidemiology: a systematic literature review 

      Boogaerts, Tim; Van Wichelen, Natan; Quireyns, Maarten; Burgard, Dan; Bijlsma, Lubertus; Delputte, Peter; Gys, Celine; Covaci, Adrian; van Nuijs, Alexander Elsevier (2024)
      Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) and wastewater surveillance have become a valuable complementary data source to collect information on community-wide exposure through the measurement of human biomarkers in influent ...
    • closedAccess   Enantiomeric profiling of chiral illicit drugs in a pan-European study 

      Castrignanò, Erika; Yang, Zhugen; Bade, Richard; Baz Lomba, Jose Antonio; Castiglioni, Sara; Causanilles, Ana; Covaci, Adrian; GRACIA LOR, EMMA; Hernandez, Felix; Kinyua, Juliet; McCall, Ann Kathrin; van Nuijs, Alexander; Ort, Christoph; Plosz, Benedek; Ramin, Pedram; Rousis, Nikolaos I; Ryu, Yeonsuk; Thomas, Kevin V.; de Voogt, Pim; Zuccato, Ettore; Kasprzyk-Hordern, Barbara Elsevier (2018)
      The aim of this paper is to present the first study on spatial and temporal variation in the enantiomeric profile of chiral drugs in eight European cities. Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) and enantioselective analysis ...
    • closedAccess   Evaluation of Uncertainties Associated with the Determination of Community Drug Use through the Measurement of Sewage Drug Biomarkers 

      Castiglioni, Sara; Bijlsma, Lubertus; Covaci, Adrian; Emke, Erik; Hernandez, Felix; Reid, Malcolm; Ort, Christoph; Thomas, Kevin V.; van Nuijs, Alexander; de Voogt, Pim; Zuccato, Ettore American Chemical Society (2013)
      The aim of this study was to integrally address the uncertainty associated with all the steps used to estimate community drug consumption through the chemical analysis of sewage biomarkers of illicit drugs. Uncertainty has ...
    • openAccess   Increased levels of the oxidative stress biomarker 8-iso-prostaglandin F2α in wastewater associated with tobacco use 

      Ryu, Yeonsuk; GRACIA LOR, EMMA; Bade, Richard; Baz Lomba, Jose Antonio; Bramness, Jorgen; Castiglioni, Sara; Castrignanò, Erika; Causanilles, Ana; Covaci, Adrian; de Voogt, Pim; Hernandez, Felix; Kasprzyk-Hordern, Barbara; Kinyua, Juliet; McCall, Ann-Kathrin; Ort, Christoph; Plosz, Benedek; Ramin, Pedram; Rousis, Nikolaos I; Reid, Malcolm; Thomas, Kevin V. Nature Publishing Group (2016)
      Wastewater analysis has been demonstrated to be a complementary approach for assessing the overall patterns of drug use by a population while the full potential of wastewater-based epidemiology has yet to be explored. ...
    • openAccess   One planet: one health. A call to support the initiative on a global science–policy body on chemicals and waste 

      Brack, Werner; Barcelo Culleres, Damia; Boxall, Alistair Bruce Alleyne; Budzinsk, Hélène; Castiglioni, Sara; Covaci, Adrian; Hernandez, Felix SpringerOpen (2022-03-08)
      The chemical pollution crisis severely threatens human and environmental health globally. To tackle this challenge the establishment of an overarching international science–policy body has recently been suggested. We ...
    • 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   The NORMAN Association and the European Partnership for Chemicals Risk Assessment (PARC): let’s cooperate! 

      Dulio, Valeria; Koschorreck, Jan; van Bavel, Bert; Van den Brink, Paul J.; Hollender, Juliane; Munthe, John; Schlabach, Martin; Aalizadeh, Reza; Ågerstrand, Marlene; Ahrens, Lutz; Allan, Ian; Alygizakis, Nikiforos; Barceló, Damià; Bohlin-Nizzetto, Pernilla; Boutroup, Susanne; Brack, Werner; Bressy, Adèle; Christensen, Jan H; Cirka, Lubos; Covaci, Adrian; Derksen, Anja; Deviller, Geneviève; Dingemans, Milou M. I.; Engwall, Magnus; Fatta-Kassinos, Despo; Gago-Ferrero, Pablo; Hernandez, Felix; Herzke, Dorte; Hilscherova, Klara; Hollert, Henner; Junghans, Marion; Kasprzyk-Hordern, Barbara; Keiter, Steffen; Kools, Stefan; Kruve-Viil, Anneli; Lambropoulou, Dimitra; Lamoree, Marja; Leonards, Pim; Lopez, Benjamin; López de Alda, Miren; Lundy, Lian; Makovinska, Jarmila; Marigómez, Ionan; Martin, Jonathan; McHugh, Brendan; Miège, Cécile; O'Toole, Simon; Perkola, Noora; Polesello, Stefano; Posthuma, Leo; Rostkowski, Pawel; Ruedel, Heinz; Samanipour, Saer; Schulze, Tobias; Schymanski, Emma; Sengl, Manfred; Tarabek, Peter; Rodriguez-Mozaz, Sara; Ten Hulscher, Dorien; Thomaidis, Nikolaos; Togola, Anne; Valsecchi, Sara; van Leeuwen, Stefan; von der Ohe, Peter Carsten; Vrana, Branislav; Slobodnik, Jaroslav Springer (2020-06-20)
      The Partnership for Chemicals Risk Assessment (PARC) is currently under development as a joint research and innovation programme to strengthen the scientific basis for chemical risk assessment in the EU. The plan is to ...
    • 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 ...
    • closedAccess   Wastewater-based epidemiology for the assessment of population exposure to chemicals: The need for integration with human biomonitoring for global One Health actions 

      Kasprzyk-Hordern, Barbara; Been, Frederic; Bijlsma, Lubertus; Brack, Werner; Castiglioni, Sara; Covaci, Adrian; Martincigh, Bice; Mueller, Jochen; van Nuijs, Alexander; Oluseyi, Temilola; Thomas, Kevin Elsevier (2023-02-28)
      WBE has now become a complimentary tool in SARS-CoV-2 surveillance. This was preceded by the established application of WBE to assess the consumption of illicit drugs in communities. It is now timely to build on this and ...
    • closedAccess   Wastewater-based epidemiology to assess pan-European pesticide exposure 

      Rousis, Nikolaos I; GRACIA LOR, EMMA; Zuccato, Ettore; Bade, Richard; Baz Lomba, Jose Antonio; Castrignanò, Erika; Causanilles, Ana; Covaci, Adrian; de Voogt, Pim; Hernandez, Felix; Kasprzyk-Hordern, Barbara; Kinyua, Juliet; McCall, Ann-Kathrin; Plosz, Benedek; Ramin, Pedram; Ryu, Yeonsuk; Thomas, Kevin; van Nuijs, Alexander; Yang, Zhugen; Castiglioni, Sara Elsevier (2017)
      Human biomonitoring, i.e. the determination of chemicals and/or their metabolites in human specimens, is the most common and potent tool for assessing human exposure to pesticides, but it suffers from limitations such as ...