ReviewEnvironmental toxicology and chemistry2022
Changes in Sewage Sludge Chemical Signatures During a COVID-19 Community Lockdown, Part 1: Traffic, Drugs, Mental Health, and Disinfectants.
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- Electrochemical Sensor Based on a Composite of Babassu Starch, Carbon Black, and Cobalt Phthalocyanine for the Detection of Hydroxychloroquine.ACS omega · 2026Article
- Occurrence and temporal changes of pharmaceuticals in the Warta River in Poland during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Highly selective solid phase extraction of clonazepam from water using a urea modified MOF prior to HPLC analysis.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Combining Nontargeted Analysis with Computer-Based Hazard Comparison Approaches to Support Prioritization of Unregulated Organic Contaminants in Biosolids.Environmental science & technology · 2024Article
- Wastewater Surveillance for Xylazine in Kentucky.AJPM focus · 2024Article
- Target and Nontarget Screening to Support Capacity Scaling for Substance Use Assessment through a Statewide Wastewater Surveillance Network in New York.Environmental science & technology · 2024Article
- Changes to Public Health Surveillance Methods Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Scoping Review.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2024Article
- Environmental concerns and bioaccumulation of psychiatric drugs in water bodies - Conventional versus biocatalytic systems of mitigation.Environmental research · 2023Review
- Microplastics and other emerging contaminants in the environment after COVID-19 pandemic: The need of global reconnaissance studies.Current opinion in environmental science & health · 2023Review
- Quaternary Ammonium Compounds: A Chemical Class of Emerging Concern.Environmental science & technology · 2023Review
- Comprehensive micropollutant characterization of wastewater during Covid-19 crisis in 2020: Suspect screening and environmental risk prioritization strategy.The Science of the total environment · 2023Article
- Formation of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and furans (PCDD/Fs) in the electrochemical oxidation of polluted waters with pharmaceuticals used against COVID-19.Journal of environmental chemical engineering · 2023Article
- Efficient Removal of Analgesic and Anti-Inflammatory Drugs from Sewage Treatment Plant Effluents Using Magnetite Nanoparticles Synthesized Red Mud.Water, air, and soil pollution · 2023Article
- Wastewater-based monitoring of illicit drugs in Cyprus by UPLC-MS/MS: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.The Science of the total environment · 2023Article
- The Lesson Learned from the COVID-19 Pandemic: Can an Active Chemical Be Effective, Safe, Harmless-for-Humans and Low-Cost at a Time? Evidence on Aerosolized Hypochlorous Acid.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Impact of COVID- 19 pandemic on antidepressants consumptions by wastewater analysis in Turkey.The Science of the total environment · 2022Article
- Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in the era of the Covid-19 pandemic in the context of the human and the environment.The Science of the total environment · 2022Review
- Suspect screening of wastewaters to trace anti-COVID-19 drugs: Potential adverse effects on aquatic environment.The Science of the total environment · 2022Article
- COVID-19 Lockdowns-Effect on Concentration of Pharmaceuticals and Illicit Drugs in Two Major Croatian Rivers.Toxics · 2022Article
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Abstract
The early months of the COVID-19 pandemic and the associated shutdowns disrupted many aspects of daily life and thus caused changes in the use and disposal of many types of chemicals. While records of sales, prescriptions, drug overdoses, and so forth provide data about specific chemical uses during this time, wastewater and sewage sludge analysis can provide a more comprehensive overview of chemical changes within a region. We analyzed primary sludge from a wastewater-treatment plant in Connecticut, USA, collected March 19 to June 30, 2020. This time period encompassed the first wave of the pandemic, the initial statewide stay at home order, and the first phase of reopening. We used liquid chromatography-high-resolution mass spectrometry and targeted and suspect screening strategies to identify 78 chemicals of interest, which included pharmaceuticals, illicit drugs, disinfectants, ultraviolet (UV) filters, and others. We analyzed trends over time for the identified chemicals using linear trend analyses and multivariate comparisons (p < 0.05). We found trends related directly to the pandemic (e.g., hydroxychloroquine, a drug publicized for its potential to treat COVID-19, had elevated concentrations in the week following the implementation of the US Emergency Use Authorization), as well as evidence for seasonal changes in chemical use (e.g., increases for three UV-filter compounds). Though wastewater surveillance during the pandemic has largely focused on measuring severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 RNA concentrations, chemical analysis can also show trends that are important for revealing the public and environmental health effects of the pandemic. Environ Toxicol Chem 2022;41:1179-1192. © 2021 SETAC.
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