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The fate of opioids in wastewater treatment plants in Australia /

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dc.contributor.authorSimpson, Jamie
dc.contributor.schoolUniversity of South Australia. UniSA Clinical and Health Sciences.
dc.contributor.schoolUniSA Clinical and Health Sciences
dc.date.issued2025
dc.description1 ethesis (xiv, 199 pages) :
dc.descriptioncolour illustrations, colour charts.
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (pages 162-190)
dc.description.abstractThe continued prescription and consumption of pharmaceuticals has resulted in new compounds of concern being found in aqueous and terrestrial environments, impacting organisms vital to the natural function of an ecosystem. This Thesis addresses the uncertainty surrounding how wastewater treatment plants contribute opioids to the environment as contaminants. Meaningful outcomes include the development of a method to extract opioids from biosolids, identifying potentially hazardous levels of drugs in biosolids used as fertiliser. Additionally, the importance of chlorination treatment to reduce opioid levels in effluent was identified. This led to further research into two key synthetic opioids, which were susceptible to immediate formation of hundreds of compounds with toxicity equal to that of the parent opioid when treated with industry standard concentrations of chlorine.
dc.description.dissertationThesis (PhD(Public Health B))--University of South Australia, 2025.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11541.2/44536
dc.language.isoen
dc.provenanceCopyright 2025 Jamie Simpson.
dc.subjectAnalytical Chemistry;Environmental Contamination;Opioids
dc.subject.lcshOpioids
dc.subject.lcshSewage
dc.subject.lcshWater
dc.titleThe fate of opioids in wastewater treatment plants in Australia /
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