Book description
Illicit drugs are an emerging class of environmental contaminants and
mass spectrometry is the technique of choice for their analysis. This
landmark reference discusses the analytical techniques used to detect
illicit drugs in wastewater and surface water, details how to estimate
the levels of contaminants in the environment, and explores the
behavior, fate, and toxic effects of this new class of contaminants, now
a ubiquitous presence in wastewater and surface water. The book details
how an estimate of illicit drug consumption in a given population can be
developed from an analysis of the residues of illicit drugs in
wastewater. An important resource for analytical chemists, environmental
researchers, forensic scientists, biologists, and toxicologists.
SARA CASTIGLIONI
obtained her PhD from the Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological
Research in Milan, Italy, for her work on a project entitled
"Occurrence, behaviour and effects of pharmaceuticals for human and
veterinary use in aquatic ecosystems." She is author of twenty
publications that deal with drugs in the environment.
ETTORE ZUCCATO obtained his postdoctoral degree in human
nutrition in 1999 from Milan Medical School and, in 2005, became Head
of the Laboratory of Food Toxicology. His current research areas
include food safety, the study of dietary chemical contaminants, and
other emerging issues in food toxicology.
Dr. ROBERTO FANELLI serves as Head of the Environmental Health
Sciences Department at the Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological
Research, where he employs analytical methods based on mass
spectrometry to identify and measure biomarkers in toxicology and
environmental pollutants, including therapeutic and illicit drugs.
