Esteban Abad Holgado

GC-MS and the Art of POP Analysis

Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) encompass a wide variety of contaminants, but they share one thing in common: they have the potential to hit headlines and cause huge disruption to the food and feed industry. Fortunately, innovation does not stand still – and advances in mass spectrometry are opening up new vistas in POPs analysis. Here, I assess the complete range of GC-MS techniques used in POPs analysis, including the latest GC-MS instrument developments.