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Occurrence, Characteristics, Transport, and Fate of Pesticides, Pharmaceuticals, Industrial Products, and Personal Care Products at Riverbank Filtration Sites
Organic compounds potentially can be transported from the river to riverbank-filtered water into public-water supplies. On a global scale, the total...
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Biomonitoring of exposure to nitrous oxide, sevoflurane, isoflurane and halothane by automated GC/MS headspace urinalysis
Objectives: The goal of the present study was to develop an automated method to assess by biological monitoring, the volatile-anaesthetic exposure...
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Haemoglobin adducts from aromatic amines in children in relation to area of residence and exposure to environmental tobacco smoke
Objective : The influence of area of residence on haemoglobin (Hb) adducts of 4-aminobiphenyl (4-ABP), o -, m -, p -toluidine and o -anisidine was... -
Transformation Pathways of 14C-Chlorothalonil in Tropical Soils
Chlorothalonil (CTN) is a chlorinated wide-spectrum fungicide, heavily and widely applied throughout the world. This study was undertaken to directly...
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The Impact of a Lignite Seam on Contaminated Groundwater in the Aquifer System of the Bitterfeld Region
Until 1990 the Bitterfeld region was heavily polluted by mining,an obsolete chemical industry and the uncontrolled deposition ofchemical wastes. The...
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Sensitivity and Selectivity Enhancement in Perchlorate Anion Quantitation Using Complexation-Electrospray Ionization-Mass Spectrometry
The general nature and analytical chemistry of perchlorate have been reviewed elsewhere.1–3 By its very existence this volume affirms the importance...
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Bioassay-Directed Identification of Organic Toxicants in River Sediment in the Industrial Region of Bitterfeld (Germany)—A Contribution to Hazard Assessment
Bioassay-directed identification of toxicants in an acetonic extract of a sediment of the riverine Spittelwasser in the industrial region of...
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Rapid SPME/LC/MS/MS Analysis of N-Methylcarbamate Pesticides in Water
Solid-phase microextraction combined with fast short-column liquid chromatography/electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry (SPME/LC/MS/MS)...
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Sensing and characterization technologies at Los Alamos National Laboratory
We describe four sensing and characterization technologies recently developed at Los Alamos National Laboratory; a select set of mass spectral and...
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Toxicity reduction of Ontario hydro radioactive liquid waste
The radioactive liquid waste (RLW) system in Ontario Hydro's pressurised heavy water reactors collects drainage from a variety of sources ranging...
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Volatile Organic Compounds and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Soils Polluted by Industrial Activities: Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometry (FT-ICR) as an Investigation Tool
FT-ICR mass spectrometry may be considered as a new analytical method for the diagnosis of soils contaminated with organic compounds. Optimization of...
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Mobilization of HCH’s and PAH’s from Polluted Wetland Soils Near Bitterfeld and the Role of Dissolved Organic Matter
Hexachlorocyclohexanes (HCH’s) and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH’s) are widespread in the riverine area of the river Mulde near Bitterfeld....
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Toxicity testing of highly volatile chemicals with green algae
A gas-tight system for toxicity testing of highly volatile chemicals with the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii was developed. The procedure...
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Preparation and characterization of a water-soluble fraction of crude oil by a Karr reciprocating-plate countercurrent extraction column
A 1.8 m×2.5 cm reciprocating-plate countercurrent extraction column was evaluated for the preparation of WSF (water-soluble fractions) from Flotta...
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Chromatographic techniques for pollution analyses
Pollution studies of air and water samples have been greatly enhanced by the use of chromatographic techniques. The selection of the proper detectors...
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Chromatographic Techniques for Pollution Analyses
Pollution studies of air and water samples have been greatly enhanced by the use of chromatographic techniques. The selection of the proper detectors...
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Chemical stability of mitomycin C in culture medium with and without fetal calf serum as determined by high pressure liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry
Mitomycin C (MMC), a known mutagen and positive control chemical for in vitro mutagen assays, reacted with components of culture medium containing...