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The Environmental Effects of Unconventional Drilling: Why We Need a Comprehensive Study
Kevin Schug and his team recently published a study of water quality from 550 water wells in the Barnett Shale of North Texas. Using a suite of analytical techniques, they were able to find new evidence of the potentialimpact of unconventional natural gas extraction on environmental quality—with the presence of eight compounds raising particular concern. |
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Rudolf Krska on Mycotoxin Analysis Using LC–MS-MS
Mycotoxins are an important group of secondary metabolites produced by fungi that can cause disease in humans and animals. Rudolf Krska from BOKU, IFA-Tulln in Vienna, Austria, talks about how to detect multiple mycotoxin biomarkers using LC–MS-MS and the importance of the approach in developing countries. |
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Gradient HPLC — One Invaluable Equation
Here, we concentrate on one particularly useful equation that allows us to make changes to an analytical system to improve throughput or efficiency, while retaining the selectivity of the original method.
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Koen Sandra Joins LCGC's Editorial Advisory Board
LCGC is pleased to announce the addition of Koen Sandra to its editorial advisory board. As a non-academic scientist, Sandra is the author of more than 30 highly-cited scientific papers, and has presented his work at numerous conferences as an invited speaker.
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