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Figure 4. Piesenlation of some TIC runs of soil gas samples (garden, terrace bore hole depth 2 m). gas standard and indoor air samples (cellar)...

In 1918 Miss Helene M. Boas, of the New York Botanical Garden, sent to the writer a sample of manna which had been collected by James A. Teit near Spence s Bridge, British Columbia, from Douglas fir trees (Pseudotsuga taxifolia Brit., syn. P. Douglasii Carr.). The dry, white, crystalline manna (42.5 g.), in which some small stems and needles of the tree (4 g.) were encrusted, was entirely soluble in water and it proved to consist principally of melezitose.17 The authors stated that if the manna can be obtained in large quantities, which appears to be the case, it will indeed furnish an excellent source for melezitose. However, there was found within a few months by the same workers an abundant... 

The sample solution is aspirated (drawn by vacuum) from its original container through a small tube and converted to an aerosol, or fine mist, prior to the mixing. These steps (aspiration and conversion to an aerosol) are accomplished with the use of a nebulizer at the head of the mixing chamber. The nebulizer is a small (3 cm long, 1 cm in diameter) adjustable device resembling the nozzle one places on the end of a garden hose to create a water spray. There are two inlets to the nebulizer. One inlet is a small plastic... 

Calibration curve with confidence bands around the curve sample signal, and predicted concentration. (Reproduced with permission from D. G. Mitchell, W. N. Mills, J. S. Garden, and M. Zdeb,... 

In the laboratory, each soil sample (40 g) was transferred to a centrifuge bottle. Since the original purpose of the soil collection was to monitor specific organic compounds in the sludge-amended garden soils, a set of surrogate compounds was added to the soil prior to extraction to assess the extraction and cleanup recovery. 

We are grateful to the Takeda Herbal Garden, Kyoto, Japan for the tea samples. We also thank Dr. Otis C. Dermer of the Okl oma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma for critical reading of this manuscript. This is Journal Article No. 4934 of the Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma 74078. 

Diazinon air concentrations related to vapors released from pest control strips were measured by Jackson and Lewis (1981). Diazinon levels in indoor air increased from 0.32 pg/m3 at 6 hours after application of the pest strips to 1.34 pg/m3 on day 15, and then declined to 1.21 pg/m3 on day 30. Air sampling in a retail garden store where pesticide containers with diazinon were displayed showed an average diazinon concentration of 3.4 pg/m3 (Wachs et al. 1983). 

Diazinon is widely used for agricultural purposes, and residues on or in foods can result in exposure of humans by ingestion. Additional exposure potentials exist as a result of home gardening activities. Consequently, methods for the determination of diazinon in biological samples can be used to verify that exposure and absorption have occurred. Since diazinon is rapidly metabolized, determination of the parent compound can provide evidence only of very recent exposures (see Chapter 2). Methods have been reported for metabolites, and these are discussed below under Biomarkers of Exposure. A few papers were found that deal with the determination of diazinon in human samples and these are described below. Some methods have reported the determination of diazinon in animal tissue or other... 

Materials. The samples of l,2-dimyristoyl-3-lecithin (L-configura-tion) and l,2-didecanoyl-3 lecithin (L-configuration) were respectively donated by Erich Baer, Banting and Best Institute, Toronto, Canada, and D. Chapman, Unilever Research Laboratories, Welwyn Garden City, England. All other materials were obtained from the Applied Science Laboratories, State College, Pa. All materials examined were synthesized and purified chromatographically. 

Figure 7.13. Apparatus for extracting organic solutes from water. Apparatus for extracting organic solutes from finished drinking water samples. (A) standard garden hose coupling, (B) Teflon washer, (C) 1/2 inch...

Composite Samples. The apparatus shown in Figure 7.13 is used for composite sampling of a 24-hour period. The standard garden hose coupling is attached to a suitable faucet and the water flow adjusted to deliver >-150 cm3/min. After 24 hr the XAD—2 column is removed from the coupling... 

Canada New Brunswick garden soils 9.0 1.5 (1 8 samples, East Saint John) 12.7 2.4 (4 samples, West Saint John) 10.7 0.4 (2 samples, rural Fredericton) Pilgrim and Schroeder (1 997)... 

Garden, R. W., and Sweedler, J. V. (2000). Heterogeneity within MALDI samples as revealed by mass spectrometric imaging. Anal. Chem. 72 30-36. 

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