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Philly’s street fentanyl contains an industrial chemical called BTMPS that’s an ingredient in plastic

By Karli Hochstatter, Research Scientist in Epidemiology and Health Services, Columbia University
Fernando Montero, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Psychiatry and Social Work, Columbia University

More than half of the street fentanyl samples collected in November 2024 contained BTMPS, and many contained more BTMPS than fentanyl.

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