Analysis of Illicit Drugs in Wastewater Using High-Performance Liquid Chromatography-Electrospray Ionization-Tandem Mass Spectrometry (HPLC-ESI-MS/MS).
Consumption of illicit drugs is considered to be a global socioeconomic burden of adverse ecological and public health. Proper identification and quantification of trace level residues of illicit drugs in wastewater allow for an estimation of drug usage in a community, the amount of drug discharge into the environment, and the overall fate of drugs in the environment. This chapter provides a procedural detail of the determination of select illicit drugs and their metabolites in wastewater, suspended particulate matter, and sewage sludge using high-performance liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization-tandem mass spectrometry.
['Foppe|Katelyn S|KS|', 'Subedi|Bikram|B|']
D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid D000078332:Data Analysis D013287:Illicit Drugs D015394:Molecular Structure D011786:Quality Control D015203:Reproducibility of Results D012722:Sewage D052616:Solid Phase Extraction D021241:Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization D062065:Waste Water D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical
Illicit drugs Wastewater Mass spectrometry Sewage sludge Analytical method HPLC