extensive distribution of hazardous substances in food chain and the deleterious effect of their residues on public health are a great concern of the society. chicken eggs, as one of the most popular food commodities, in different parts of tehran (iran) were analyzed for two groups of hazardous substances including some organochlorine pesticides (oc) such as aldrin, lindane, dieldrin, dichlorod...

in this research, the chloroform (chcl3) removal effectiveness of two water treatment systems including membrane technology and granular activated carbon (gac) adsorption were studied. two bench-scales were designed and set up: 1) nanofiltration (nf) spiral-wound modules and 2) gac adsorption column. chloroform was considered as trihalomethanes (thms) basic indicator compound. the inlet and out...

This paper describes the use of headspace solid-phase microextraction (SPME) combined with gas chromatography to identify the signature odors that law enforcement-certified detector dogs alert to when searching for drugs, explosives, and humans. Background information is provided on the many types of detector dog available and specific samples highlighted in this paper are the drugs cocaine and...

A gas chromatographic method for the analysis of 10 organochlorine pesticides in 0.5 mL of whole blood is described. Sample preparation involved an ethyl ether and hexane extraction, followed by a silica solid phase extraction cleanup. The pesticides are quantified by gas chromatography/electron capture detection. Method limits of detection ranged from 1.1 to 5.2 microg/L. The mean and standard...

Eleven diarrheal stool specimens and 10 control stool specimens from Cairo, Egypt, were studied by frequency-pulsed electron capture gas-liquid chromatography (FPEC-GLC). Four cases involving Shigella sonnei, three cases involving Shigella boydii, and four cases involving Shigella flexneri were studied. The aqueous stools were centrifuged, extracted with organic solvents, and derivatized to for...

Objective: The usage of pesticides has increased during the recent years. One the other hand, presence of harmful pesticides residue in rice and other food has caused a great concern among the consumers. Therefore, it is important to develop some pragmatic procedures to increase the food safety along with the reduction in consumption of pesticide residues. Methods: A gas chromatograph with elec...

Objective: The usage of pesticides has increased during the recent years. One the other hand, presence of harmful pesticides residue in rice and other food has caused a great concern among the consumers. Therefore, it is important to develop some pragmatic procedures to increase the food safety along with the reduction in consumption of pesticide residues. Methods: A gas chromatograph with elec...

Anaesthetic pollution is of interest to people subject to low concentrations of all types of gases and volatile anaesthetic during occupational activities. The decrease in recent years in the number of relevant publications does not necessarily mean that pollution has gone away or that the problem has been solved. A number of coincidental factors have brought the matter back into consideration....