Application Notes: Environmental

Organophosphate pesticides (OPPs) are widely used globally for agricultural pest control.

Pharmaceutical and personal care products (PPCPs) are products used for personal health or cosmetic reasons.

Bruker Daltonics

UCT, LLC

Pharmaceutical and personal care products (PPCPs) are products used for personal health or cosmetic reasons.

This application describes a solid phase extraction (SPE) method for EPA method 8141B analytes, including organophosphorus compounds, and triazine herbicides in water.

Shimadzu Europa GmbH

Gas chromatography coupled to high resolution time-of-flight mass spectrometry (GC–HRT) was used to identify halogenated organic compounds based on their mass defects in fish tissue extracts.

US EPA method 529 is the procedure to determine explosives and related compounds in finished drinking water.

EPA 8270D calls for the extraction for analysis of semi-volatile analytes in various matrices. Target analytes mentioned in the method cover a wide range of compound classes resulting in reporting lists that often approach 100 compounds.

Laboratories taking in a high volume of aqueous semi-volatile samples know that every sample is different.

Shimadzu Europa GmbH

Over the last decade the use of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) has doubled in the United States.

US EPA Method 528 determines 12 phenols in finished drinking water using solid phase extraction (SPE) and GC–MS detection.

Torion Technologies Inc.

LECO Corporation

Shodex/Showa Denko America Inc.

Horizon Technology, Inc.

FMS, Inc.

UCT, LLC

FMS Inc.

Horizon Technology, Inc.

Phthalates are plasticizers that are added to plastics to make them softer and more flexible. Plastics that contain phthalates are commonly used in the manufacturing of toys. Since phthalates are not permanently bonded to plastics, they can be released from toys through touching, licking, and chewing.

EPA Method 8270 is used to determine the concentration of semi-volatile organic compounds in extracts prepared from solid waste matrices such as soils, air sampling media, and water samples. Extractions from water samples can be particularly difficult and time consuming due to the problematic analytes that need to be extracted, concentrated, and analyzed.

CUSTODION SPME Syringes provide a simple, low cost methodology to collect and introduce samples to an analytical instrument. The low cost and convenience of SPME allows multiple samplers to be deployed simultaneously.

Method 525.3 is similar in many ways to its predecessor, method 525.2 (Rev 2.0 – 1995), however there are significant changes which make the newer 525.3 a vastly improved method during sample collection, extraction, and analyzing.

Due to increased concern over the hydrofracturing process and the release of methane and other chemicals into the local drinking water, a need has developed for fast and accurate analysis of methane in water.

The update to the SANCO guidelines in 2009 recognized the power and potential of TOF mass spectrometry for pesticide screening applications. When compared with historical screening tools (such as the use of triple-quad mass spectrometry), high performance accurate mass TOF systems offer several advantages for screening applications.