Multi residue analysis of EU black list priority pollutants in drinking and surface water using solid phase extraction and GC Tandem Quadrupole MSMS

Author:Jennifer Burgess

Co-authors:Keith Worrall, Timothy Jenkins, Peter Hancock

Abstract/Description:
EU council directive 76/464/EC1 lists 132 compounds that have restricted levels in drinking and surface waters. Of these compounds, 109 are amenable to gas chromatographic analysis. Currently published methods2 involve the use of two injections, one using selected ion recording as a screen, followed by a full scan injection for confirmation. The use of tandem quadrupole GC-MS/MS allows the analyst to combine the screening and confirmatory injections into one run, whilst also allowing a reduction of the chromatographic separation required for confirmation of some of the target compounds.

Poster presented at:
3rd National Meeting on Environmental Mass Spectrometry - 2006