Environmental Analysis

At Pittcon 2026, Damià Barceló of the Universidad de Almería sat down with LCGC International to discuss sustainable analytical approaches for microplastics detection and the open challenges facing the field.

At Pittcon 2026, Damià Barceló of the Universidad de Almería sat down with LCGC International to discuss sustainable analytical approaches for microplastics detection and the open challenges facing the field.

At Pittcon 2026, Damià Barceló of the Universidad de Almería sat down with LCGC International to discuss sustainable analytical approaches for microplastics detection and the open challenges facing the field.

At Pittcon 2026, Damià Barceló of the Universidad de Almería sat down with LCGC International to discuss sustainable analytical approaches for microplastics detection and the open challenges facing the field.

At Pittcon 2026, Damià Barceló of the Universidad de Almería sat down with LCGC International to discuss sustainable analytical approaches for microplastics detection and the open challenges facing the field.

At Pittcon 2026, Jennifer Field of Oregon State University sat down with LCGC International to discuss her laboratory's forensic approach to tracing PFAS sources in watersheds.

At Pittcon 2026, Jennifer Field of Oregon State University sat down with LCGC International to discuss her laboratory's forensic approach to tracing PFAS sources in watersheds.

Oliver Jones and Navneet Singh from RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia discuss a recent study they conducted to investigate the relationship between tidal cycles and PFAS concentrations in estuarine systems, and offer practical advice on the sample preparation and LC–MS/MS techniques they used to achieve the best results.

This article discusses how integrating seven prioritization strategies can enhance compound identification, support environmental risk assessment, and accelerate decision-making.

Webinar Date/Time: Tuesday, March 17 and Wednesday, March 18, 2026 Morning Session: 9:30 AM EDT | 1:30 PM GMT | 2:30 PM CET Afternoon Session: 12:00 PM EDT | 4:00 PM GMT | 5:00 PM CET

A liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry (LC–MS/MS) method for the determination of 39 emerging contaminants in water at ultra trace concentrations has been developed and validated.

Webinar Date/Time: Tue, Jan 27, 2026 11:00 AM EST

A review of some of the content highlights from LCGC International in 2025.

Webinar Date/Time: Tue, Nov 18, 2025 11:00 AM EST

Webinar Date/Time: Wednesday, October 29, 2025 Morning Session: 2:00pm GMT | 3:00pm CET | 9:00am EST Afternoon Session: 5:00 pm GMT | 6:00 pm CET | 12:00 pm EST

The utility of stacked SPE cartridges in food safety and total organic fluorine workflows is presented.

Atmospheric volatile organic compounds (VOCs) impact human health, quality of life, and the environment. Since industry contributes significant VOC pollution, fenceline monitoring is essential to ensuring compliance with applicable regulations. Conventional use of passive or grab samples analyzed at the laboratory fails to capture dynamic changes, and particularly fails to detect pollution incidents rapidly. In contrast, SIFT-MS instruments mounted in mobile laboratories provide on-site, real‑time analysis that enables rapid identification of “hot” zones via both on-the-move analysis and monitoring at fixed locations. Combined with drone sampling, the specific pollution source can be located.

Webinar Date/Time: Wed, Oct 1, 2025 11:00 AM EDT

A panel of experts discusses the evolving analytical strategies and technical challenges of detecting per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), highlighting advances in mass spectrometry (MS), sample preparation, and untargeted analysis across environmental and food safety contexts.

In this article, you’ll find some of the top content that was published on LCGC this week, including calls for new chromatography technologies and interviews with rising stars in the field.

In this article, you’ll find some of the top content that was published on LCGC this week, including our upcoming forensic science content series and an interview on preanalytical factors for ethanol testing.

Researchers at the Institute of Marine Research in Bergen, Norway used liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry to analyze resolvins in fish and human cells.

Bioactive compounds extracted from plants are revered for their abilities to enhance human health. However, due to the complex matrices of plant foods, the qualitative and quantitative analysis of metabolites in plant foods requires a prior separation step.

To better analyze components from chaga (Inonotus obliquus) mushrooms, researchers created a supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC)-based approach to collecting and quantifying chaga components.

Universitat de Barcelona researchers have developed a new method for characterizing solute-solvent interactions in electrokinetic systems.