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Environmental Testing
Sniffing out air pollution: Trangenic mice as biosensors for aromatic hydrocarbons
A century ago, coal miners relied on canaries as sentinels, using them as an early warning signal for toxic gases like methane and carbon monoxide. Now, researchers in Japan have engineered transgenic mice to serve as
in vivo
biosensors for the detection of environmental pollutants.
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Life is better on-line: Using on-line solid-phase extraction with LC-ESI-MS/MS to analyse water samples
With the aim of improving the throughput of environmental sample analysis, Canadian researchers have recently reported the development of a simple on-line extraction method for the detection of small molecules in drinking, surface, and wastewater samples.
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A call for action: Monitoring arsenic levels in drinks made from rice
Seeking to avoid cows' milk for dietary reasons? Scottish investigators have just announced findings that may unsettle your stomach: rice milk, an increasingly popular milk substitute, contains arsenic levels exceeding the EU limits for drinking water.
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PRODUCT NEWS
Portable photometers and turbidimeters
Portable photometers and turbidimeters 