As concern grows around PFAS, unregulated organic contaminants, and tire-derived chemicals, environmental laboratories need methods that can detect compounds that persist, transform, move across matrices, and evade traditional monitoring programs.
This eBook brings together practical insights on the analytical strategies shaping persistent pollutant analysis. Topics include regulatory-ready PFAS workflows, ultra-short-chain PFAS method development, broader fluorine measurements, PFAS breakdown products, unregulated organic contaminants in biosolids and soils, and LC–MS/MS analysis of 6PPD-quinone in salmon tissue.
Download to explore how laboratories can strengthen method performance, expand contaminant coverage, and build adaptable workflows for emerging environmental risks.
What You'll Learn
- How regulatory drinking water laboratories can implement EPA Method 533, automation, and QA/QC to scale PFAS testing while maintaining defensible data
- Why ultra-short-chain PFAS create new challenges for extraction, retention, background contamination, and regulatory alignment
- How adsorbable organic fluorine and related approaches can reveal fluorinated compounds missed by targeted PFAS methods
- How advanced mass spectrometry and computational chemistry help characterize PFAS breakdown products
- How high-resolution mass spectrometry and multiclass extraction strategies support analysis of unregulated organic contaminants in biosolids and agricultural soils
- How LC–MS/MS workflows can detect 6PPD-quinone and related tire-derived contaminants in high-fat fish tissue at environmentally relevant levels
Together, these articles show how analytical scientists are moving beyond narrow target lists to address persistent pollutants with broader, stronger, and more adaptable workflows.