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Environmental Newsletter April 2021 Edition

Welcome to the April edition of your bi-monthly Environmental Newsletter.

In this edition we share with you recent developments in emerging contaminants, tips for continuity in your lab, an upcoming virtual event, and more.

 

Water

Article: A Universal Testing Paradigm for PPCPs in Water Systems

Best practices for standard method development help researchers better understand the impacts of PPCPs on the environment. In this article, hear how online SPE coupled to UHPLC-MS/MS offers an accurate way to detect PPCPs while also providing high-throughput and reduced solvent usage.

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Blog: Going Underground with the Orange County Water District

Orange County is home to one of the largest coastal groundwater basins in Southern California. The continuing drought in the State and growing demand for potable water have increased the inportance of the basin's aquifers - both for use and protection.

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Application Note: Analysis of Microplastics in Suspended Solids

Whilst research into microplastics continues to grow, they remain in a suspended state and can be ingested by marine organisms; thereby entering and accumulating within the food chain. This application note describes a TG-GC/MS technique to measure constituents of microplastics.

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Application Note: Analysis of PFAS Substances by EPA Method 8327

This application note discusses the development of a fast and robust method for the analysis of all analytes listed in EPA Method 8327 using the PerkinElmer QSight® LX50 ultra high-performance liquid chromatography (UHPLC) system coupled with the QSight 220 triple quadrupole mass spectrometer.

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Air, Soil & Other Matrices

Article: Business Continuity in Environmental Contract Testing Labs

The end goal of business continuity is to ensure health and safety - a particularly aspect in operational environmental contract testing labs. This article provides a comprehensive look at business continuity planning and its implementation in environmental laboratories.

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Application Note: Accurate and Rapid Determination of 22 Major and Trace Elements in Soil

Elements in soil have a significant influence on soil quality and are closely related to human environmental health. Discover how the Avio® 550 Max fully simultaneous ICP-OES can rapidly and reliably analyze 22 elements in soil per China standard HC 781-2016.

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Virtual Event: Global Environmental Sciences Summit

Join your colleagues from around the world for an immersive virtual event experience. Field experts from academia, government, and industry will cover the hottest topics in environmental science today, including emerging contaminants, air quality, green chemistry and more.

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Articles

 

The Evolving Problem of Microplastics in a PPE Era

Missed our virtual Summit? On June 4 we hosted a series of 27 talks lead by key opinion leaders to a global audience of registrants from over 110 countries. You can now access the event recording at your leisure to watch and share any of the talks which cover topics including; emerging contaminants, microplastics and plastics, air quality, soil and agriculture, green chemistry and sustainability.

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