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Adsorption of a diverse range of pharmaceuticals to polyethylene microplastics in wastewater and their desorption in environmental matrices. (2021)
Journal Article
MCDOUGALL, L., THOMSON, L., BRAND, S., WAGSTAFF, A., LAWTON, L.A. and PETRIE, B. 2021. Adsorption of a diverse range of pharmaceuticals to polyethylene microplastics in wastewater and their desorption in environmental matrices. Science of the total environment [online], 808, article 152071. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152071

It is proposed that microplastics discharged from wastewater treatment plants act as a vector of pharmaceuticals. In this study, adsorption of pharmaceuticals to polyethylene microplastics was investigated in municipal wastewater. Pharmaceuticals for... Read More about Adsorption of a diverse range of pharmaceuticals to polyethylene microplastics in wastewater and their desorption in environmental matrices..

Environmentally friendly analytical method to assess enantioselective behaviour of pharmaceuticals and pesticides in river waters. (2021)
Journal Article
PETRIE, B. and CAMACHO-MUÑOZ, D. 2021. Environmentally friendly analytical method to assess enantioselective behaviour of pharmaceuticals and pesticides in river waters. Sustainable chemistry and pharmacy [online], 24, article 100558. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scp.2021.100558

Reported herein is the first enantioselective method for simultaneous separation of chiral pharmaceuticals and pesticides using ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. Separation was achieved using a ChiralPak IG-U® col... Read More about Environmentally friendly analytical method to assess enantioselective behaviour of pharmaceuticals and pesticides in river waters..

Polyamide microplastics in wastewater as vectors of cationic pharmaceutical drugs. [Dataset] (2021)
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WAGSTAFF, A., LAWTON, L.A. and PETRIE, B. 2022. Polyamide microplastics in wastewater as vectors of cationic pharmaceutical drugs. [Dataset]. Chemosphere [online], 288(Part 2), article 132578. Available from: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0045653521030502?via%3Dihub#appsec1

Wastewater is an environmental source of microplastics and pharmaceuticals, which is discharged as treated effluent or combined sewer overflows. In this study, adsorption of cationic pharmaceuticals, with a range of octanol-water distribution coeffic... Read More about Polyamide microplastics in wastewater as vectors of cationic pharmaceutical drugs. [Dataset].

Polyamide microplastics in wastewater as vectors of cationic pharmaceutical drugs. (2021)
Journal Article
WAGSTAFF, A., LAWTON, L.A. and PETRIE, B. 2022. Polyamide microplastics in wastewater as vectors of cationic pharmaceutical drugs. Chemosphere [online], 288(Part 2), article 132578. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.132578

Reported here is the first study to investigate the adsorption of pharmaceutical drugs to microplastics in wastewater. Wastewater is an environmental source of microplastics and pharmaceuticals, which is discharged as treated effluent or combined sew... Read More about Polyamide microplastics in wastewater as vectors of cationic pharmaceutical drugs..

A review of combined sewer overflows as a source of wastewater-derived emerging contaminants in the environment and their management. (2021)
Journal Article
PETRIE, B. 2021. A review of combined sewer overflows as a source of wastewater-derived emerging contaminants in the environment and their management. Environmental science and pollution research [online], 28(25), pages 32095-32110. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-14103-1

Emerging contaminants such as pharmaceuticals, illicit drugs and personal care products can be released to the environment in untreated wastewater/stormwater mixtures following storm events. The frequency and intensity of combined sewer overflows (CS... Read More about A review of combined sewer overflows as a source of wastewater-derived emerging contaminants in the environment and their management..