Our laboratory uses state-of-the-art instrumentation to analyze trace organic contaminants, including pharmaceuticals, hormones (e.g., estrogens), drugs of abuse, and industrial chemicals.
We analyze a range of environmental matrices—including drinking water, river water, wastewater (influent and effluent), and fish tissue. Water samples are processed using solid phase extraction (SPE), performed in the lab either manually or with automated systems such as the Autotrace. Tissue samples are extracted using accelerated solvent extraction (ASE), ultrasonic extraction, or dispersive solid phase extraction (dSPE). Samples are collected and preserved in the field, transported on ice, and prepared for laboratory analysis. Extracts are concentrated under nitrogen using a Turbovap, reconstituted in solvent, and stored at −20 °C prior to analysis by LC-MS/MS, which enables sensitive and selective detection of target compounds at trace levels, allowing for accurate identification and quantification of contaminants in complex environmental samples.
We analyze a wide variety of pharmaceuticals, hormones, chiral chemicals and drugs of abuse in different water matrices (drinking water, river water, wastewater influent and effluent) and in fish tissue with accelerated solvent extraction (ASE). Samples are collected and preserved then transported to the lab on ice. They are then extracted with solid phase extraction (SPE) manually or automated on the Autotrace. Samples are blown down to dryness under a gentle stream of nitrogen from the Turbovap and then reconstituted in solvent. They are stored at -20C until analysis by LC-MS/MS.
For service details, pricing, and sample submission, please visit the Global Water Futures Observatories (GWFO) Ecotoxicology Laboratory page.
Agilent 1290 LC with 6495 TQ MS
Agilent 1260 LC with 6460 QQQ MS
Manual solid phase extraction
HPLC with fraction collector
Automatic sample preparation
Accelerated Solvent Extraction (ASE)
Nitrogen evaporation
