Institute on Drug Abuse, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science Bornova, Ege University, Izmir, Türkiye.
Bull Environ Contam Toxicol. 2024 Oct 19;113(5):56. doi: 10.1007/s00128-024-03961-3.
Water-based studies have come into prominence for illegal substance monitoring. There are limited studies on the detection of these substances in the surface waters as opposed to wastewater. This study aims to evaluate amphetamine, benzoylecgonine, cocaine, codeine, 3,4-methylenedioxy-N-methylamphetamine, morphine, and 11-nor-Δ9- tetrahydrocannabinol-9-carboxylic acid in the Küçük Menderes (KM) River at four different stations during three different periods and assess the environmental risks. Environmental risk assessment of psychoactive substances based on the calculation of Risk Quotients (RQ) were evaluated. RQ values for amphetamine and benzoylecgonine were < 0.01 at all sampling points during all sampling periods, indicating little risk for aquatic life. Cocaine was found as environmentally high risk (RQ > 1) based on its RQ values of 1.22 and 1.37 at KM-01 and KM-02 sampling points. This research is the first report to investigate the presence of psychoactive substances and define the environmental risks of these substances in Türkiye.
水基研究在非法物质监测方面日益受到关注。与废水相比，关于这些物质在地表水中的检测的研究有限。本研究旨在评估在三个不同时期的四个不同站点的小迈丹斯河（KM）中苯丙胺、苯甲酰爱康宁、可卡因、可待因、3,4-亚甲二氧基-N-甲基苯丙胺、吗啡和 11-去甲-Δ9-四氢大麻酚-9-羧酸的含量，并评估环境风险。根据风险商数（RQ）的计算，对精神活性物质的环境风险进行了评估。在所有采样期间，所有采样点的苯丙胺和苯甲酰爱康宁的 RQ 值均<0.01，表明对水生生物的风险很小。可卡因的 RQ 值分别为 1.22 和 1.37，在 KM-01 和 KM-02 采样点被认为是环境高风险（RQ>1）。本研究首次报道了在土耳其调查精神活性物质的存在并定义这些物质的环境风险。
