Soil Sorption Experiments for Amphetamine-Type Substances

Dumping of illicit drug production waste, namely amphetamine-type substances (ATS), is an issue that Dutch authorities continually grapple with due to the concentrated production of such drugs in the Netherlands. This production waste is often discovered by happenstance, having been haphazardly and surreptitiously dumped into nature preserves or near surface water bodies. In the former case, drug waste containers may occasionally leak into the soil, potentially discharging high concentrations of ATS chemicals into the subsurface and posing a threat to groundwater contamination. This thesis set out to perform an array of soil sorption experiments that would provide empirical data that enhances the understanding of how these chemicals behave in the soil system.