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DESCRIPTION:CIVE 615 Environmental & water resource engineering seminar ser
 ies  Open to the public\, this seminar given by Dr. Eric Reiner\, Ontario 
 Ministry of the Environment\, focuses on 'Advances in the Analysis of Pers
 istent Organic Pollutants'.  An important goal in the field of analytical 
 chemistry\, especially related to the environment and human health\, is to
  achieve continual improvement in the analysis of persistent toxic polluta
 nts. Halogenated organic chemicals represent an important group of polluta
 nts. They are used in a wide variety of applications such as flame retarda
 nts\, fire suppressants\, heat transfer agents\, surfactants and pesticide
 s\, mainly because of their chemical inertness and stability. As a result 
 of this stability\, many of these halogenated organic compounds are persis
 tent in the environment\, toxic and/or bioaccumulative. The greatest chall
 enge through the years has been finding analytical methods that are sensit
 ive and selective enough to determine concentrations at levels low enough 
 to protect humans and wildlife. Unfortunately\, methods capable of determi
 ning concentrations to meet the above criteria have only been available fo
 r the last few decades.  Over the last century\, sensitivity and selectivi
 ty for the determination of halogenated organics has increased significant
 ly. Single toxic components can be separated and accurately quantified fro
 m numerous other very similar compounds. Detection limits have decreased b
 y over 10 orders of magnitude.  In most cases\, current analytical methods
  are selective and sensitive enough to inform scientists of the presence a
 nd levels of distinct organohalogens in samples. This helps us in our ende
 avour to protect human life and wildlife from exposure to toxic persistent
  organic compounds. The current challenge is to chromatographically separa
 te\, detect and quantify as many persistent organic pollutants as possible
  within the same sample extract. The development and enhancement of analyt
 ical methods for persistent halogenated organics over the past 100 years w
 ill be reviewed and discussed.  Eric Reiner is a senior mass spectrometry 
 research scientist at the Laboratory Services Branch of the Ontario Minist
 ry of the Environment. He also holds adjunct professor status at the Depar
 tment of Chemistry at the University of Toronto\, Department and Universit
 y of Waterloo and Department of Environmental Forensics at Pennsylvania St
 ate University. Eric obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Toronto in 
 1986 in Analytical Chemistry / Mass Spectrometry under the direction of Pr
 of. Alex G. Harrison. He has been working in the field of ultra-trace envi
 ronmental analysis for more than 25 years.   
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LOCATION:Room 1050\, Wong Building\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 0C5\, 3610 ru
 e University
SUMMARY:Advances in the analysis of persistent organic pollutants
URL:/tised/channels/event/advances-analysis-persistent
 -organic-pollutants-230692
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