For years, laboratory professionals gained knowledge through hands-on experience, personal interactions and discussions at forums, symposiums, workshops and seminars. Not much had changed since I emba...
Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) and semi-volatile organic compounds (sVOCs) are all around us, emitted by industrial chimneys and vehicle exhaust pipes, as well as materials such as paints, cleaning...
Why is this the holy grail?We all know food samples are tricky. There are a lot of different matrices, analytes, contaminants and sample preparation methods to consider in food analysis, making this f...
In high-throughput analytical testing laboratories robust streamlined analytical and data processing workflows are key requirements for the accurate and reliable determination of trace level residues ...
[caption id="attachment_22778" align="alignright" width="1020"] Orbitrap Exploris GC 240[/caption]Although the technological principles that underlay its conception date back to 1923, when Kingdon fir...
“Wine is one of the most civilized things in the world and one of the most natural things of the world that has been brought to the greatest perfection, and it offers a greater range for enjoyment and...
Biomarker studies using exhaled breath are rapidly emerging as a novel approach for early disease detection and precision medicine. In my last blog article - Breath Biopsy™ – A Non-invasive Tool for t...
With roughly 50% of the world population taking prescription drugs, it is important to ensure that pharmaceutical products are safe. Nitrosamine impurities have been widely publicized recently. A year...
Monochloropropanediol esters (MCPDe) and glycidyl esters (GE) are the central point of attention of the food industry. Those compounds are unwanted by-products of oil refinery and predominately occur ...
Spring is upon us and all over the world people are out in their gardens planting their seeds for harvesting in the summertime. In my garden, this is a small operation with just a few chili peppers, s...
Are e-cigarettes really less harmful than conventional cigarettes? Influential health organizations have stated that “e-cigarettes are 95% safer than conventional cigarettes.” This claim originated fr...
Performance-enhancing drugs are substances that have the capability to improve performance in humans. In sports those substances are sometimes referred to endogenic aids and one highly popular referen...
The 2019 Dioxin Conference saw the scientific community come together in Kyoto, Japan during the week of 25th August to discuss the latest research findings on dioxins, dioxin-like compounds and persi...
2019 marked a very important year for Japan with the start of the new era called Reiwa on May 1st. The new era coincides with the day on which Emperor Akihito's eldest son, Naruhito, ascended the thro...
As the summer movie blockbuster season gets earlier and earlier each year, the onslaught of superheroes is already upon us. One thing that is reiterated in each movie is something along the lines of “...
Are you convinced that your glass vial is really inert and releases every trace of compound you put in it for further analysis?An instrument -- whether it is an LC or a GC -- will only detect what goe...
The year is well under way and people and companies have settled into their daily routine. All labs, and especially routine contract testing laboratories, need to sustain high productivity. When it co...
Potentially dangerous contaminants can enter the food chain in a variety of ways – from the inappropriate use of pesticides on crops, to accidental contamination during processing, shipping and storag...
The recent GrowUp Conference in September was not just another gathering of a few thousand conference attendees at just any trade show; it was a key event for the burgeoning Canadian cannabis industry...
Semivolatile organic compounds (SVOCs) are generated as byproducts from a wide range of industrial processes and have been linked to a number of health issues, including cancer. These substances remai...
Screening for drugs of abuse is an essential role of the forensic toxicology laboratory. The methods used for these routine tests must be sufficiently sensitive to selectively detect the analytes of i...
In the early 1970s, gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) was first introduced as a diagnostic technique for human urine metabolic profiling. Since 2000, publications utilizing GC-MS in metabol...
Recently we had the opportunity to collaborate with a major lab in Germany that specializes in analyzing urines for drugs of abuse. The lead pharmacist there showed me her lab and explained in detail ...
Since the late 70s the analytical community has been looking for ways to identify and quantify dioxins and other persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in food and environmental samples. As the awarenes...
A little over 50 years ago Robert Finnegan led the development of the first commercial gas chromatograph–mass spectrometer instrument (GC-MS), not only paving the way for development of GC-MS within T...
For many people, the smell of a new car is the rewarding scent of an eagerly awaited and well-earned purchase. For others, it’s an overpowering odor that can be nauseating. Love it or loathe it, this ...
Many times I feel like the same problems are presented to me again and again; Problems that were solved years ago. It must have something to do with getting older. Noooo!Please, let me elaborate and s...
With today’s increasing demand for resources and a clear trend toward fossil-fuel free, sustainable energy, the world is looking for alternatives. An emerging modern technique that could change the wa...
We’ve blogged previously about the importance of robust gas chromatography (GC) workflows to ensure food oils are free from pesticides, contaminants and cheaper oil adulterants. But even once the pure...
It's the final day at Pittcon 2018 in Orlando! And it’s been really exciting to see so many scientists stop by booth #2353 to view the innovative new Thermo Scientific ISQ 7000 single quadrupole gas c...
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