Slides to accompany the vidcast interview from Pittcon 2011 with Michael W. Dong, Sr. Scientist, Small Molecule Analytical Chemistry and QC, Genentech
Discovering the Hidden Plastic in Garden Compost with Pyr-GC–MS
May 12th 2025An Australian study used pyrolysis coupled to gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (Pyr-GC–MS) to analyze the presence of plastic polymers in commercial and homemade composts. LCGC International spoke to Simran Kaur—a PhD candidate at the Queensland Alliance for Environmental Health Sciences (QAEHS) at The University of Queensland in Woolloongabba, Australia—to find out more about her team’s findings.