Illicit drugs and the environment - A review

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 463-464, Issue , 2013, Pages 1079-1092

  Pal, Raktim ^a   Megharaj, Mallavarapu ^a   Kirkbride, K Paul ^b   Naidu, Ravi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Australian Federal Police Forensic and Data Centres   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ecotoxicity; Emerging contaminant; Groundwater; Illicit drug; Surface water; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONING; ECOTOXICITY; EMERGING CONTAMINANT; ENVIRONMENTAL COMPARTMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCENTRATION; ILLICIT DRUG; PHARMACOLOGICAL ACTIVITY;

BIOMOLECULES; COMPLEX NETWORKS; ECOSYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; METABOLITES; POLLUTION; SURFACE WATERS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

WASTEWATER DISPOSAL;

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; AMPHETAMINE; BENZOYLECGONINE; CANNABINOID; COCAINE; DRINKING WATER; DRONABINOL; ECGONINE METHYL ESTER; GROUND WATER; HOMOCOCAINE; ILLICIT DRUG; METHAMPHETAMINE; MORPHINE; NORCOCAINE; OPIATE; SURFACE WATER;

AMBIENT AIR; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRINKING WATER; DRUG; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GROUNDWATER; METABOLITE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SURFACE WATER; WASTEWATER;

AMBIENT AIR; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ATMOSPHERE; CANADA; ECOSYSTEM; ECOTOXICITY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; METABOLITE; POLLUTANT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

CANADA; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ECOTOXICITY; EMERGING CONTAMINANT; GROUNDWATER; ILLICIT DRUG; SURFACE WATER; WASTEWATER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84883463170     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.05.086     Document Type: Review

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