The European Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry rewards UJI researcher Bijlsma Lubertus



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## The European Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry rewards UJI researcher Bijlsma Lubertus The IUPA researcher has been awarded for an article about drugs of abuse detection

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The researcher Lubertus Bijlsma at the University Institute of Pesticides and Water in the Universitat Jaume I has received the Eurofins Best Publication Award, given annually by the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) in Europe, for an article on the detection of drugs of abuse in waste water in the Netherlands. The work has shown the effectiveness of different treatment plants and obtains data on drug use. These results have even allowed authorities to relate data with an illegal laboratory for ecstasy production. This fact has shown the interest of politicians and the authorities in the Netherlands in working together with researchers in the fight against drug abuse.

The article presents the work carried out by IUPA researcher Lubertus Bijlsma and its director, Félix Hernández, along with researchers at the Water Research Institute (KWR) in the Netherlands and the University Institute of Pesticides and Water in the UJI. The research has been co-funded by the Valencian Regional Government, through an aid granted to the IUPA for the creation of a cooperative network on environmental research and food safety (ISIC 2012/016), whose responsible is Félix Hernández. This cooperative network has enabled Lubertus Bijlsma to make a research stay in the KWR, the outcome of which is the work published.

The article presents the first comprehensive study that analyzes the presence of drugs of abuse and pharmaceuticals in waste water. A total of 24 drugs were investigated in five input and output sewage treatment plants in four cities and in an international airport for a week. The study was used to calculate the effectiveness of each treatment plant, and provides data on drug estimation in each population center. The compounds that were detected most frequently were amphetamine, cocaine and cannabis, together with drugs containing codeine, oxazepam and temazepam. The compound methamphetamine was only detected in waste water in the airport, probably due to travelers’ consumption. Lubertus Bijlsma explains that “in general, despite the liberal policy of cannabis use, the results obtained in this study did not reveal an increased use of other drugs in the Netherlands compared to other countries”.

Lubertus Bijlsma picked up the award for the article “Investigation of drugs of abuse and relevant metabolites in Dutch sewage water by liquid chromatography coupled to high resolution mass spectrometry” published in the journal Chemosphere in a meeting in Glasgow last May.

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