The application of standard methods for the determination of toxaphene in environmental media.
Chemosphere
; 41(4): 481-6, 2000 Aug.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-10819217
ABSTRACT
In the United States, it is necessary to analyze for toxaphene using approved, validated methods acceptable to the regulatory agencies. As a result of an interlaboratory study and technical exchanges among the US EPA Region IV (EPA), the State of Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD), and Hercules Incorporated, guidelines for the application of SW-846 Method 8080 were developed. Results of analyses for sludge, soil, and water samples agreed within a percent relative standard deviation (% RSD) range of 6.9-20%. Through continued technical interchanges, guidance for the application of SW-846 Method 8081 has been developed. The results of analyses of fourteen split samples of soil and sediment produced a percent relative standard deviation that ranged from 1.6% to 127%, with an average of 38%. When two unusually divergent results were removed from consideration, the average % RSD reduced to 26%. The results of analyses of split samples show agreement between the EPA laboratory and a Hercules contract laboratory. Therefore, the guidance has achieved its purpose of producing agreement among data from different laboratories so that data reviewers may have assurance that the analytical method has been applied correctly and consistently for the determination of toxaphene in environmental samples.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Toxafeno
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Monitoramento Ambiental
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Inseticidas
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Guideline
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Chemosphere
Ano de publicação:
2000
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos