Semi-targeted screening of pharmaceutically-related contaminants in the Thames Tideway using liquid chromatography-high resolution mass spectrometry

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A developed ʻsemi-targetedʼ analytical method was used to confirm the presence of several medicinal and illicit species in both river water and influent wastewater. The potential of non-target retrospective analysis was also highlighted with the detection of the illegal drug mephedrone within environmental waters.