Determination of caffeine and paracetamol in Bristol harbour water by LC/MS/MS

摘要

Anthropogenic inputs such as caffeine and paracetamol can be used as possible chemical markers of sewage pollution as their presence can be presumed to result from human sewage inputs. udIn this present investigation we determined the concentrations of caffeine and paracetamol at five sample points within Bristol Floating Harbour, UK and compared these with the levels of Escherichia coli (E. coli) present.