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Objectives/Activities
Contamination of water supplies
with organic pollutants such as PAHs, PCBs and cyanotoxins is one of the
most important global problems. Recent EU Directives propose the
determination of these target pollutants in drinking and surface water and set
their maximum concentration. Resulting from the above, it is mandatory to
monitor these analytes using appropriate methods. The availability of rapid,
reliable screening method is prerequisite when a large number of samples must
be analyzed, but on the other hand there is an urgent need of a confirmatory
method for the analysis of these contaminants which belong to the priority
pollutants list. Disadvantages of
conventional methods of analysis can be overcome by using liquid
chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS). In the frame of the accreditation
of our laboratory in PAHs determination in potable and surface water by using
LC/MS/MS it has been funded (2005-2009) by Antagonistikotita (Ministry of
Development) with 311.3 KEuro. This will upgrade the instrumentation of our
laboratory (HPLC/UV-Vis or FL or CD, IC, GC/ECD or FID and GC/MS), mainly
by the purchase of the LC/MS/MS analytical device and will give new opportunity
to our research and service activities. The Environmental Analysis
Laboratory has been accredited by ESYD (N. of Accreditation 580) on 17/7/2009.
Current
interests of our Laboratory are focused into the following:
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Method Development for the
determination of toxic pollutants in trace level in water, foodstuff and
environmental samples (pesticides, PCBs, PBRBs, chlorophenols, PAHs, BTX, VOCs,
drug residues, cyanotoxins, organic halides)
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Method Development for the
determination of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) in water and Organic Halides
in foodstuff (honey) by Solid Phase Microextraction (SPME) in combination with
GC/ECD and GC/MS.
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Method Development for the
determination of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in potable and surface
water by using LC/MS/MS.
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Method Development for the
determination and identification of cyanotoxins in surface and drinking water
by using SPE and LC/MS-MS.
· Elaboration
of MSc and PhD Thesis.
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Accreditation of the laboratory in
cyanotoxins determination in potable and surface water by using LC/MS/MS (being
the only Laboratory in Greece
for that purpose).
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Services for the determination of
toxic organic residues in trace level.
Personnel
A. Hiskia: director (permanent researcher); T. Triantis: (quality manager);
A. Tsimeli (analyst), S. Zervou, I.
Dimitrakopoulos, T. Kaloudis: (adjunct scientist).
Funded
Projects
1.
“Development of analytical infrastructure
of the Environmental Analysis Laboratory, EKEFE Demokritos”, Antagonistikotita (Ministry of Development),
Coordinator Dr. Α. Hiskia, 311,3 Κ€,
2006-2008.
2.
«Chemical analysis of air filters
for the determination of Benzo(a)pyrene”, in the frame of services to PLINIOS
SA, 7,31 Κ€.
3.
“Chemical analysis of soil and
water samples for the determination of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
(PAHs)”, in the frame of services to PREFECTURE
of DRAMA, 3,0 Κ€.
4.
“Chemical analysis of air filters,
wood and building materials for the determination of PCBs, PAHs, pentachlorophenol, hydroquinone and benzoquinone”,
in the frame of services to PLINIOS SA, 2,7 Κ€.
5.
“Determination of odor-causing
compounds in water” Research
project funded by EYDAP SA, 20 Κ€, 2008-2009.
Infrastructure
Spectrophotometers UV-VIS-near IR, GC equipped with FID, ECD and TCD, HPLC equipped with UV-VIS and FLD, GC/MS, HPLC/MS/ΜS triple tetrapole, ΙC, Polarographic unit, ΤΟC, SPE and SPME apparatus, oven, ultrasound bath, analytical balances, pHmeter, Rotary evaporator, ultrapure water apparatus.
Collaborations
Prof. D. Dionysiou (University of Cincinnati, USA, AOP for
cyonobacteria toxins destruction), Dr. Jussi
Meriluoto (Abo Akademi University, Finland, Method development for the
determination and identification of cyanotoxins in surface and drinking water
by using SPE and LC/MS-MS), Dr. S. Lacorte (Dep. of Environ. Chem., CID-CSIC, Barcelona, Αnalytical method
development), Dr. T. Kaloudis, (ΕΥDΑP, trace organic
analysis in water)
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