Application of wastewater-based epidemiology to investigate stimulant drug, alcohol and tobacco use in Lithuanian communities
| Autor: | Catalina Dumitrascu, Adrian Covaci, Tim Boogaerts, Lina Jurgelaitiene, Frederic Been, Andrew Kannan, Alexander L.N. van Nuijs, Erik Emke, Barbara Kasprzyk-Hordern, Pim de Voogt |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Freshwater and Marine Ecology (IBED, FNWI) |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Wastewater-Based Epidemiological Monitoring Environmental Engineering Tobacco use 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences Adolescent Substance-Related Disorders media_common.quotation_subject Alcohol 010501 environmental sciences Wastewater 01 natural sciences chemistry.chemical_compound Tobacco Use Environmental health medicine Environmental Chemistry Humans Cities Amphetamine Biology Waste Management and Disposal 0105 earth and related environmental sciences media_common business.industry MDMA Lithuania Wastewater based epidemiology Lithuanian Methamphetamine Pollution language.human_language Substance Abuse Detection Chemistry chemistry language Human medicine business Water Pollutants Chemical medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Science of the Total Environment, 777:145914. Elsevier The science of the total environment |
| ISSN: | 1879-1026 0048-9697 |
| Popis: | WBE was applied to evaluate illicit drug (i.e. amphetamine, cocaine, MDMA and methamphetamine), alcohol and tobacco use in three Lithuanian cities in 2018 and 2019. Considerable concentrations of methamphetamine and MDMA were found in the three locations, suggesting a specific Lithuanian consumption pattern. Yet, unexpected high concentrations of amphetamine (>4 μg/L) were detected in two samples of Kaunas in 2018. Through the use of chiral analysis and non-target and suspect drug precursor compound screening, these extreme values were confirmed to be the result of direct disposal of amphetamine in the sewers. Furthermore, substantial alcohol use was measured in the three investigated catchment populations of Lithuania with almost 4 standard drinks/day/inhabitant aged 15+ on average in 2019. For tobacco, an average of 5.6 cigarettes/day/inhabitant aged 15+ in 2019 was reported with large discrepancies between WBE figures and sales data, potentially highlighting illegal trade of tobacco products. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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