Cocaine Is In The Air In Madrid & Barcelona
14 May 2009, 8:06 AM. By Cindy Casares
A study found cocaine in the air of Madrid and Barcelona using a new technique.
“Heroin was also found in detectable levels in the samples taken in Madrid, but not in those from Barcelona,” the CSIC said.
This it explained by the fact that the area of Madrid where the sample was taken is close to a district where drug dealers are suspected of operating.
The scientists also reported a higher concentration of the components during the weekend, “suggesting higher consumption this time.”
But it said there was no reason for the public to be concerned.
“Even if we lived 1,000 years we would not consume the equivalent of a dose of cocaine through the air,” said one of the scientists, Miren Lopez de Alda.
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How much cocaine? Compare:
Airborne Cocaine Concentrations in Rome
1.University District - 98 pg/m3
2.City Garden - 70 pg/m3
3.Residential & Business areas - 12-21 pg/m3
In Taranto, samples were collected at three sites with following cocaine concentrations:
1.Downtown District - trace level
2.Rural Area - below LOQ (the quantification limit)
3.Residential Area - 10 pg/m3
It was found in concentrations of 29 to 850 picogrammes per cubic metre of air. A picogramme is one trillionth of a gramme.
The very wide spread in concentration levels, as well as the divergence from the Rome study I quoted above (considered normative in the field) suggests some basic flaw in the data gathering methodology. Maybe one of the Madrid air sampling stations was right next to a crackhouse?