POPs Archives - Chemetrix https://chemetrix.co.za/tag/pops/ Powerful Partnership, Inspiring Insights Wed, 08 Sep 2021 08:55:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.6 Water Analysis | Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products (PPCPs), Hormones & Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) https://chemetrix.co.za/water-analysis-pharmaceuticals-and-personal-care-products-ppcps-hormones-persistent-organic-pollutants-pops/ https://chemetrix.co.za/water-analysis-pharmaceuticals-and-personal-care-products-ppcps-hormones-persistent-organic-pollutants-pops/#respond Mon, 26 Jul 2021 10:46:03 +0000 http://chemetrix.co.za/?p=3567 Continue reading "Water Analysis | Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products (PPCPs), Hormones & Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)"]]> Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) include many different and diverse classes of chemicals including dioxins, furans, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polybrominated diethyl ethers (PBDEs), polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), endrin, DDT and others. Research shows that POPs are extremely toxic to humans and wildlife even at very low concentrations. Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) & hormones enter our water supplies through human excretion, domestic and industrial disposal into wastewater treatment plants, agricultural runoff and animal feed lot operations. One of the negatives effects that active hormones found on excrement can have on both humans and wildlife is endocrine disruption, which may occur at extremely low ng/L levels. PPCPs are quite resilient and are difficult to remove through conventional water treatment processes, resulting in persistence in the environment and potential accumulation over time. Agilent offers complete solutions including online and offline solid phase extraction techniques, and LC-MS and GC-MS systems to analyze PPCPs, hormones and POPs at required sensitivity and accuracy levels in the environment.

 

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Tetra- Through Octa-Chlorinated Dioxins and Furans Analysis in Water by Isotope Dilution GC/MS/MS

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Automated Online SPE-UHPLC/MS/MS Analysis of Emerging Pollutants in Water

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Mass Spectrometry Analysis of Hormones in Water by Direct Injection

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