ABSTRACT
LC–MS plays an important role in the development of new analytical strategies for environmental analysis. In the past few years, the perspective of environmental analysis has changed. For many years, most attention appeared to be given to the analysis of pesticides in the environment. In recent reviews, Richardson [1-2] focuses attention to emerging contaminants, including endocrine disrupting chemicals, pharmaceuticals, algal toxins, drinking water disinfection byproducts, organotin, and natural organic matter. Environmental analysis is definitively broadening its perspective. This is reflected in this chapter, reviewing the use of LC–MS in relation to a number of other environmental contaminants, such as surfactants and pharmaceuticals. The overview cannot be and is not meant to be comprehensive.
