Detention ponds and constructed wetlands have proven to be effective in reducing peak stormwater runoff volume and flow, and recent interest has extended to utilizing them to improve stormwater runoff quality. A review of stormwater runoff studies indicated that lead, zinc, copper, cadmium, phosphorus, and chloride are contaminants of primary concern. In laboratory settings, the uptake of conta...

Mass spectrometry (MS) is a widely used method for protein identification. Peptide mass fingerprinting is the protein identification technique in which MS is employed to determine the masses of peptide fragments generated following enzymatic digestion of proteins. The masses of peptides are then submitted to a recognition program, e.g., MASCOT or MSFIT, for identification of a protein. The stra...

In recent decades, because of significant progress in the analysis and detection of trace pollutants, emerging contaminants have been discovered and quantified in living beings and diverse environmental substances; however, the adverse effects of environmental exposure on the general population are largely unknown. This review summarizes the conclusions of the comprehensive epidemic literature ...

The interaction of chemicals with DNA may lead to genotoxicity, mutation or carcinogenicity. A simple open tubular capillary electrochromatographic method is proposed to rapidly assess the interaction affinity of three environmental contaminants (1,4-phenylenediamine, pyridine and 2,4-diaminotoluene) to DNA by measuring their retention in the capillaries coated with DNA probes. DNA oligonucleot...

The current framework for U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regulation of water quality in community drinking water supplies consists of sequential rules for either single contaminants or small groups of similar contaminants. For both substantive and pragmatic reasons, promulgating less frequent rules for larger contaminant classes may be desirable. Such a change would require the expansion ...