Determination of PBDEs in River Water Utilizing Automated SPE in Conformance with EU Standards at IRSA

Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are a worldwide contamination problem. Structurally similar to PCBs, these compounds are long-lived in the environment and can bio-accumulate throughout the food chain. The health hazards of these chemicals have attracted increasing scrutiny and, as such, a great deal of research and regulations have been implemented to manage and control them. This application note will outline optimized methods for the extraction of PBDEs from river water utilizing the Atlantic® SPE disk processed using Biotage automated or manual SPE solutions. The first section highlights the use of the Biotage® Horizon 5000 fully automated extraction system and the method used for this application. Additionally, there are Application Modification sections that highlight the use of the Biotage® Horizon 4790 and Biotage® VacMaster™ Disk vacuum manifold for this application.