Development of U.S. EPA method 527 for the analysis of selected pesticides and flame retardants in the UCMR survey

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 4996-5004

  Pepich, Barry V ^a   Prakash, Brahm ^a   Domino, Mark M ^a   Dattilio, Teri A ^a   Munch, David J ^b   Price, Ed K ^c  

^a Shaw Environmental Inc   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c Teledyne Tekmar   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; COPPER; DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROLYSIS; IMPURITIES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MONITORING; PH; TRANSITION METALS;

ASCORBIC ACIDS; CITRIC ACIDS; ETHYLENEDIAMINETETRAACETIC ACID (EDTA); FREE AVAILABLE CHLORINE (FAC);

PESTICIDES;

AMITROLE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BDE 100; BDE 153; BDE 209; BDE 47; BDE 99; BENTHIOCARB; CHLORDECONE; CHLORINE; COPPER; DICOFOL; EDETIC ACID; FLAME RETARDANT; MIREX; ORGANOPHOSPHATE INSECTICIDE; OXYCHLORDANE; PESTICIDE; PYRETHROID; PYRIDAZINONE DERIVATIVE; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; TRIAZINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VINCLOZOLIN; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WATER;

CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; DEGRADATION KINETICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROLYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR MODEL; PEST MANAGEMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UNITED STATES;

DATA COLLECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FLAME RETARDANTS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PESTICIDES; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

EID: 22044436261     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es050374y     Document Type: Article

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