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Pharmaceuticals in the blubber of live free-swimming common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: ) in the Gulf of Mexico to explore the presence of pharmaceutical contaminants in the marine ecosystem. Targeted analysis of blubber using ultra-performance liquid chromatography coupled with Orbitrap Fusion Tribrid mass spectrometry confirmed the presence of fentanyl, carisoprodol, or meprobamate in 30 of the 89 dolphins assessed. We provide the first detection of human pharmaceuticals stored in live free-swimming marine mammals, with important implications for understanding ecosystem health.

Source: iScience

DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2024.111507

Authors: Anya Isabelle Ocampos, Makayla A. Guinn, Justin Elliott, Christiana Wittmaack, Carrie Sinclair, Hussain Abdulla, Dara N. Orbach

Institutions: Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service Southeast Fisheries Science Center

Language: English

Topic: Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts

Subfield: Pollution

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDGs: Life below water, Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $3,150

Funders: U.S. Department of Commerce, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, College of Science and Engineering, Texas A and M University-Corpus Christi, National Institute of Standards and Technology, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Texas A and M University-Corpus Christi, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology

Award: G8136900786

OpenAlex ID: W4404850842

FWCI: 0.542

Cites: 52

Cited by: 6

Related to: 10