ABSTRACT
Case study from trace enviro-health quantitative analysis .......................................2 Case study from trace enviro-chemical quantitative analysis...................................4 Extent of chemical contaminants in humans ............................................................7 Analytical chemistry approaches to biomonitoring ................................................11 Environmental chemistry.........................................................................................11 EPA regulations .......................................................................................................15 Analytical methods that satisfy EPA regulations....................................................20 Physical/chemical basis for EPA’s methods protocols............................................32 References................................................................................................................35
As we approached the new millennium, the news media and related mass media speculated on what would be different. The 20th century was gone. The 21st century was upon us. The tragic events of 9/11 in the U.S. provided one such answer. Since 9/11, questions such as “If we have a terrorist event, can we measure trace concentration levels of terrorist-related chemical substances and attempt to evaluate exposure over relatively large numbers in the population?” have shifted the dialogue.
