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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Environ Sci Technol. 2020 May 13;54(11):6661–6670. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.0c00250

Table 2.

Average Concentration of Quantified NPSs in Raw Wastewater from Four Communities in Southern Illinoisa

analytes C1 (ng/L ± SE) C2 (ng/L ± SE) C3 (ng/L ± SE) C4 (ng/L ± SE)
Synthetic Opioids carfentanil 1.9 ± 0.1 1.3 ± 0.1 0.5 ± 0.1 0.4 ± 0.2
furanyl fentanyl 1.0 ± 0.3 0.6 ± 0.3 0.6 ± 0.2 ND
methoxyacetyl fentanyl <MDL <MDL ±0.1 2.3 ± 0.5
Synthetic Cannabinoids MAB-CHMINACA 2.5 ± 0.6 4.0 ± 0.9 4.4 ± 1.0 0.6 ± 0.3
Synthetic Cathinones methcathinone 11.3 ± 0.8 17.8 ± 1.3 34.3 ± 2.1 16.9 ± 2.6
4-methyl pentedrone 5.3 ± 0.3 0.4 ± 0.3 0.7 ± 0.2 5.8 ± 0.2
MMMP 1.6 ± 0.1 1.3 ± 0.1 0.9 ± 0.1 0.4 ± 0.05
Piperazine mCPP 56.4 ± 2.7 42.1 ± 2.6 10.3 ± 0.3 2.3 ± 0.6
indole 5IT 4.3 ± 1.5 3.6 ± 1.4 5.3 ± 1.6 19.2 ± 6.3
Anticonvulsant gabapentin 131,000 ± 7600 58,600 ± 5100 25,500 ± 1150 12,100 ± 1370
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MDL: method detection limit; ND: non detected, MMMP: 2-methyl-4′-(methylthio)-2-morpholinopropiophenone; mCPP: 1-(3-chlorophenyl) piperazine; 5IT: 5-(2-aminopropyl) indole.