Biotic and abiotic degradation of illicit drugs, their precursor, and by-products in soil.

Abstract:

:This study presents the first systematic information on the degradation patterns of clandestine drug laboratory chemicals in soil. The persistence of five compounds - parent drugs (methamphetamine, 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA)), precursor (pseudoephedrine), and synthetic by-products N-formylmethylamphetamine and 1-benzyl-3-methylnaphthalene) - were investigated in laboratory scale for 1 year in three different South Australian soils both under non-sterile and sterile conditions. The results of the degradation study indicated that 1-benzyl-3-methylnaphthalene and methamphetamine persist for a long time in soil compared to MDMA and pseudoephedrine; N-formylmethylamphetamine exhibits intermediate persistence. The role of biotic versus abiotic soil processes on the degradation of target compounds was also varied significantly for different soils as well as with the progress in incubation period. The degradation of methamphetamine and 1-benzyl-3-methylnaphthalene can be considered as predominantly biotic as no measureable changes in concentrations were recorded in the sterile soils within a 1 year period. The results of the present work will help forensic and environmental scientists to precisely determine the environmental impact of chemicals associated with clandestine drug manufacturing laboratories.

journal_name

Chemosphere

journal_title

Chemosphere

authors

Pal R,Megharaj M,Kirkbride KP,Heinrich T,Naidu R

doi

10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.06.102

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2011-10-01 00:00:00

pages

1002-9

issue

6

eissn

0045-6535

issn

1879-1298

pii

S0045-6535(11)00760-0

journal_volume

85

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