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10 Things I Learned about Responsible Shale Energy Extraction

As part of the Earth Day celebration in Dallas, Texas, last month, the Collaborative Laboratories for Environmental Analysis and Remediation (CLEAR) at U.T. Arlington hosted the first annual Responsible Shale Energy Extraction (RSEE) symposium (www.shalescience.org). We had an exceptional range of speakers who conveyed all sides of the issue, including U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry and atmospheric scientist Dr. Katherine Hayhoe from Texas Tech University, one of Time's top 100 most influential people. We had representatives from major oil producers, environmental groups, land management groups, water recycling service companies, and scientists conversant on many key issues related to unconventional oil and gas (UOG) extraction. Even though we have been very involved in this conversation for the past several years, several points stood out. Read more

Fast, Reproducible Pesticide Residue Analysis in minutes

Traditional techniques used to perform the extraction of pesticides from food matrices are time consuming, solvent intensive and can deliver inconsistent results. The need for economical, fast, reproducible testing protocols exists. Product pesticide analysis is an area of major concern for both quality control and consumer safety. The consistent extraction of pesticides for analytical quantitation is critical. The PLE^® can dramatically improve reproducibility of results, speed and cost of extractions. Application Note.

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The Role of Risk Assessments in Method Development for Drug Substance Impurities

A good chromatographer thinks about the things that could go wrong with their method. Kimber Barnett from Pfizer talks about the role of risk assessments and design of experiments in chromatographic method development for drug substance impurities. Read more

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New Chromatography Columns and Accessories for 2017

Our annual review of new liquid chromatography columns and accessories, including an analysis of the overall trends. Read more

Application Note

Determination of Olefin Content in Denatured Ethanol According to ASTM D7347

This Application Note demonstrates the determination of the olefin content in denatured ethanol using the Agilent 1260 Infinity Analytical SFC system with the SIM Flame Ionization Detector (FID). Read more