The Column-09-06-2013

The Column

Potential Link Between Fracking and Water Quality Decline

September 06, 2013

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Kevin A. Schug, professor at the University of Texas, Arlington (Texas, USA) and LCGC North America EAB member, has led a team to survey and assess the impact of natural gas extraction from shale, also known as "fracking", on nearby water sources. The results of the assessment were recently published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology.1

Simultaneous Extraction of Metabolites and Lipids

September 06, 2013

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A German/Chinese team led by Rainer Lehmann, of the University of Tuebingen (Tuebingen, Germany) and Guowang Xu, of the DICP (Dalian, China), has developed a method of simultaneously extracting metabolites and lipids using methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) from single small tissue samples for analysis by ultrahigh-pressure liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry (UHPLC?MS).