- Full pesticide & herbicide capabilities.
- Flexibility to set-up for new analytes.
- AED versatility and specificity to complement traditional ECD, NPD and MSD.
- GC-ICP/MS instrumentation for comprehensive pesticide analysis is under development.
- Excellent analyte sensitivity, including reporting all water types at or below drinking water or effluent RLs.
- Efficient extraction techniques that in almost all circumstances yield excellent recoveries.
- Drinking water, fresh & marine surface & ground water, effluent, storm water run off, waste water, soils, sludge, solids, petroleum liquids, plant & animal tissue, food, wine and other matrices can be tested.
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| Analytes | EPA Methods |
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| Chlorinated Pesticides | 505, 508, 508.1, 608, 8081B |
| Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs), Polybrominated Bi-phenyls (PBBs), Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs) | 8082A, 8082Am |
| Chlorinated Herbicides | 515.1, 515.2, 515.3, 8151A |
| Nitrogen & Phosphorous Containing Pesticides | 507, 8141B |
| Carbamates, Phenyl Ureas, Pyrethrins-Pyrethroids & Other Pesticides / Herbicides | 531.1, 531.2, 532, 547, 548, 549.2, 554, 1660, 8318 |
| Organotin Compounds | 8085 draft |
| Organolead Compounds | 8085 draft |
| Organomercury Compounds | 8085 draft |
| Any Solvent Extractable Element or Organometallic Compound | 8085 draft |
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| Pesticide Residues | 1,2,3,4 |
| Halogenated Pesticide Residues | 1,2,3,4 |
| Organophosphorous Pesticide Residues | 1,2,3,4 |
| N-methyl Carbamate Pesticide Residues | 1,2,3,4 |
- Official Methods of Analysis, 18th Edition, AOAC International, 2003
- Approved Methods of the American Association of Cereal Chemists, American Association of Cereal Chemists, Inc., 8th Edition, March, 1993
- Pesticide Analytical Manual (PAM), U.S. Dept of Health & Human Services, USFDA, 3th Edition, 1994
- Multiple Residue Pesticide Screen Method, State of California Dept. of Food & Agriculture, Sacramento, January 27, 1998
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