Advanced GC-MS Solutions for Ultra-Trace POPs Analysis

Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) pose ongoing risks to environmental quality, food safety, and human health due to their toxicity, persistence, and bioaccumulative nature. Effective monitoring of these compounds is therefore essential to support regulatory compliance, assess exposure, and protect public health.

This collection highlights how advanced GC-MS, GC-MS/MS, and high-resolution accurate-mass technologies enable reliable, ultra-trace analysis of dioxins, furans, PFAS, PBDEs, and related contaminants. Through validated workflows, real-world applications, and customer case studies, these resources demonstrate how advanced GC-MS platforms support both routine compliance and advanced analytical insight.

Thermo Scientific™ TSQ™ 9610 GC-MS/MS delivers increased sample throughput

How one lab doubled productivity without compromising data quality.
Read how Pacific Rim Laboratories increased throughput while maintaining sensitivity and robustness for POPs analysis across challenging environmental matrices.

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Trace analysis of PCDD/F using GC-MS/MS for food and feed

Proven compliance with EU Regulations 2017/644 and 2017/771.
Learn how GC-MS/MS delivers regulatory compliant, reproducible dioxin quantitation at ultra-low levels—validated with real samples from European reference laboratories.

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Orbitrap Exploris GC performance-based analysis of PCDD/F

Quantitative dioxin analysis with HRAM confidence.
See how Thermo Scientific™ Orbitrap™ Exploris™ GC delivers femtogram-level sensitivity, exceptional mass resolution, and full compliance with EPA Method 1613; without sacrificing flexibility for future non-target screening.

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Dioxin Analysis Brochure

Thermo Scientific™ dioxin analysis portfolio offers a comprehensive solution for analyzing dioxins in food and animal feed. Learn more in this brochure.

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Empowering analytical discovery with GC Orbitrap technology

From regulatory testing to untargeted discovery. Real world stories.
See how leading researchers around the world use GC Orbitrap HRAM to tackle POPs, exposomics, food authenticity, and emerging contaminants with confidence.

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Advanced analysis of PBDEs using triple quadrupole GC-MS/MS

Single configuration to meet global PBDE regulations.
Learn how a unified GC-MS/MS setup simplifies PBDE monitoring worldwide and delivers excellent sensitivity, fast separations, and future-proof method consolidation.

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High-throughput analysis of neutral and ionic PFAS in air

One method, multiple PFAS classes, faster answers.
Explore a powerful TD-GC-MS/MS workflow that simultaneously measures volatile and ionic PFAS in ambient air with high sensitivity and rapid turnaround.

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Untargeted screening for volatile PFAS in indoor air

Reveal the unknown with HRAM GC-MS and thermal desorption.
Discover how Orbitrap Exploris GC combined with Thermo Scientific Compound Discoverer software enables comprehensive, untargeted screening of volatile PFAS in indoor air environments.

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