Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
- Institution
- Keyword
-
- Cannabinoids (1)
- Combined sewer overflow (CSO) (1)
- Contaminated sediments (1)
- Drug monitoring (1)
- Environmental forensics (1)
-
- Fats-oils-grease (FOG) (1)
- Gowanus Canal (1)
- Illicit drug (1)
- LC-MS (1)
- Liquid chromatography (1)
- MS/MS (1)
- Manufactured gas plant (MGP) (1)
- Mass spectrometry (1)
- Organic petrology (1)
- Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) (1)
- Pyrolysis-GC-MS (1)
- Rock-Eval pyrolysis (1)
- Sewage steroids (1)
- Water epidemiology (1)
- Publication
- Publication Type
Articles 1 - 2 of 2
Full-Text Articles in Forensic Chemistry
Lc-Ms/Ms Method Development For The Analysis Of Cannabinoids In Wastewater, Abigail M. Castellanos, Ava La Lande
Lc-Ms/Ms Method Development For The Analysis Of Cannabinoids In Wastewater, Abigail M. Castellanos, Ava La Lande
The Kean Review: Journal in Student Research
The goal of this research was to establish a reliable method to detect the presence of cannabinoids in wastewater and increase the sensitivity of detection. Since the legalization of cannabis in many states, toxicology research has expanded on methods of detection in hopes of identifying usage patterns. At the Joint Meeting of Essex and Union Counties, it was established that cannabinoids are not thoroughly accounted for in the process of filtering wastewater in addition to our limited understanding of consumption trends. This stands true for many wastewater facilities, especially as the intake of cannabis remains prevalent for various populations across …
Highly Contaminated Sediments From The Gowanus Canal (New York) Superfund Site: An Environmental Forensic Approach, Michael A. Kruge, Kevin K. Olsen, Eric A Stern, Maria Mastalerz, Albert Permanyer
Highly Contaminated Sediments From The Gowanus Canal (New York) Superfund Site: An Environmental Forensic Approach, Michael A. Kruge, Kevin K. Olsen, Eric A Stern, Maria Mastalerz, Albert Permanyer
Department of Earth and Environmental Studies Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works
The 2.5 km long Gowanus Canal (Brooklyn, NY, USA) is a severely contaminated urban waterway dating from the mid-19th century, listed as a US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) Superfund site since 2010. Applying an environmental forensics approach to the extensive USEPA data set, we detect systematic variations in parent PAH ring number distributions in the canal sediments, as well as an extraordinary enrichment in organic carbon. We subjected a supplemental sample set to a more detailed analysis by quantitative pyrolysis-GC-MS, Rock-Eval pyrolysis, and organic petrology. With these sensitive methods, we can confirm the alkyl-PAH fingerprint of coal tar (a legacy …