CEST Proceedings are published under the ISSN 2944-9820.
A nine-year study on the temporal changes of licit and illicit drug use patterns as revealed from the chemical analysis of influent wastewater from the wastewater treatment plant of Athens
Galani K., Alygizakis N., Borova V., (Corresponding) Thomaidis N.
Topic:
Emerging pollutants
Daily flow-proportional composite influent wastewater was collected from the Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) in Athens during a nine-year sampling campaign (2010-2019). Analytes in influent wastewater are markers of the consumption and the exposure of the chemicals in the population. Wastewater...Read more
Determination of Watch List chemicals in Irish surface waters: Chemical occurrence and analytical method challenges.
(Corresponding) Regan F., Hands I., Rapp Wright H., O'Flynn D., Vickneswaren M., White B.
Topic:
Emerging pollutants
Contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) which do not have adequate data on occurrence in the environment are being added to the Watch List under the Water Framework Directive. The WL contains multiple CECs or groups of CECs with differing chemistries which can make analysis of surface water samples...Read more
Determination of 56 perfluoroalkyl acids and precursors in top predators and their prey from Northern Europe by LC-MS/MS
Androulakakis A., Alygizakis N., Gkotsis G., Nika M., Nikolopoulou V., Bizani E., Chadwick E., Cincinelli A., Claßen D., Danielsson S., Dekker R., Duke G., Glowacka N., Jansman H., Krone O., Martellini T., Movalli P., Persson S., Roos A., O'Rourk E., Siebert U., Treu G., van den Brink N., Walker L., Slobodnik J., (Corresponding) Thomaidis N.
Topic:
Emerging pollutants
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a class of emerging substances that have proved to be persistent and highly bioaccumulative. They are widely used in industrial and consumer applications and are known for their long-distance migration and toxicity.
In this study, 65 recent specimens...Read more
Keywords:
PFAS, LC-MS/MS, SPE, emerging pollutants, top predators
Patterns of drug use and chemical exposure in Athens (Greece) during COVID-19 pandemic using wastewater-based epidemiology
Aleiferi E., Galani A., Kontou A., Gkogkou A., Nika M., Alygizakis N., (Corresponding) Thomaidis N.
Topic:
Emerging pollutants
After the first COVID-19 case in 2019 in Wuhan, China, the virus SARS-COV-2 has rapidly spread nationwide, alarming both the public and scientific community (Cascella et al., 2021). Currently, there are no treatments available for COVID-19, hence reducing the virus transmission and vaccinations...Read more
Keywords:
COVID-19 wastewater-based epidemiology, wastewater treament plant of Psyttaleia (Athens), high-resoltution mass spectrometry (HRMS), LC-MS/MS
