Open AccessMass Spectrometry in Environmental Toxicology
Author(s) -
Ksenia J. Groh,
Marc J.F. Suter
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
chimia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2673-2424
pISSN - 0009-4293
DOI - 10.2533/chimia.2014.140
Subject(s) - environmental toxicology , environmental chemistry , mass spectrometry , environmental science , environmental monitoring , pollutant , biochemical engineering , chemistry , toxicity , chromatography , engineering , environmental engineering , organic chemistry
In environmental toxicology, mass spectrometry can be applied to evaluate both exposure to chemicals as well as their effects in organisms. Various ultra-trace techniques are employed today to measure pollutants in different environmental compartments. Increasingly, effect-directed analysis is being applied to focus chemical monitoring on sites of ecotoxicological concern. Mass spectrometry is also very instrumental for studying the interactions of chemicals with organisms on the molecular and cellular level, providing new insights into mechanisms of toxicity. In the future, diverse mass spectrometry-based techniques are expected to become even more widely used in this field, contributing to the refinement of currently used environmental risk assessment strategies.