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Your Environment. Your Health.

Final Progress Reports: Harvard School of Public Health: Environmental and Biological Chemistry Core

Superfund Research Program

Environmental and Biological Chemistry Core

Project Leader: John D. Spengler
Grant Number: P42ES005947
Funding Period: 2000 - 2006

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Final Progress Reports

Year:   2005 

The Environmental and Biological Chemistry Core serves as a chemical analysis center for all projects in the Harvard University SBRP.  It operates gas chromatographs with various detectors, atomic absorption spectroscopy, inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP/MS), and an organic carbon analyzer.  The Core assists in development of standard operating procedures and establishment of quality assurance and quality control protocols for each target compound. In addition, the Core participates in inter-laboratory comparison exercises to ensure that results generated by our laboratory are comparable with studies performed elsewhere in other laboratories.

The Trace Metal laboratory has now been consolidated into a newly renovated space (over 1,000 sq. ft) located in Building 1 of HSPH, which includes sample preparation lab spaces with ultra-clean laminar flow benches. The ICP/MS is now fully owned by HSPH.

The Organic Chemistry laboratory has improved its capabilities with upgraded detectors and new equipment purchases.  An Agilent Gas Chromatograph with Mass Selective Detector with Electronic Impact and Chemical Ionization source and with Flame Ionization Detector was acquired.  This equipment advances our capabilities to develop methods for analyzing polybrominated diethyl ethers, phthalates, and organic chlorines in a variety of environmental and biological media, along with a larger set of volatile organic compounds.

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