Document of dataset 6343

Dataset record

Type

Dataset

title in English

Advanced analysis of (emerging) organic trace contaminants in the harbours of Oostende and Zeebrugge and the Belgian coastal zone: steroidal EDC's, plasticizers and plastic additives

Description in English

Within the current legislative context regarding the monitoring of our aqueous bodies, a number of priority compounds are included in the European Water and Marine Strategy Framework Directives and in the Coordinated Environmental Monitoring Programme (CEMP) of the OSPAR commission. However, several other so-called emerging micropollutants are not regulated yet. So, new monitoring approaches need to include these emerging contaminants. Therefore, within NewSTHEPS, the research group LCA focuses on both the method development and application of quantitative monitoring of marine waters towards the presence of targeted emerging polar micropollutants, including endocrine disrupting compounds and phthalates. Next, a qualitative screening of untargeted, non a-priori selected, (known and/or unknown) micropollutants and metabolites is foreseen. To this extent, advanced multi-residue methods using liquid-chromatography (LC) and high-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS; Q-Exactive™, Thermo Fisher Scientific) will be developed and validated according to CD/2002/657/EC. The LC-part enables separation of a broad range of contaminants with different polarities and physical-chemical properties, whereas accurate mass measurements in full-scan HRMS facilitate rapid, robust and selective analysis for both quantitative and qualitative applications on the same samples.

Abstract in English

Dataset on polar micropollutants (endocrine disrupting compounds and phthalates).

Rights

Unrestricted after moratorium period

bibliographicCitation

Huysman, S.; Vanhaecke, L.; Laboratory for Chemical Analysis (LCA). Ugent: Belgium; (2020): Advanced analysis of (emerging) organic trace contaminants in the harbours of Oostende and Zeebrugge and the Belgian coastal zone: steroidal EDC's, plasticizers and plastic additives.