Waters APGC-MS/MS System Accepted for Advanced Dioxin and Furan Analysis Following USEPA Approval of SGS AXYS Method 16130
January 11 2021 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Environmental labs can now use Waters Xevo
TQ-XS APGC-MS/MS system for routine, highly sensitive testing with
improved robustness
NEWS SUMMARY:
- Under SGS AXYS Method 16130, the Waters™ Xevo™ TQ-XS mass
spectrometer is an accepted alternative technology for dioxin
analysis based on updated guidelines from the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency
- Waters collaborated with SGS AXYS Analytical Services Ltd. to
validate APGC-MS/MS as an accepted method for dioxin testing
- U.S. environmental laboratories can consider APGC- MS/MS as an
alternative to legacy magnetic sector instrumentation for routine
testing of dioxins in environmental samples
Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) today announced that its Xevo
TQ-XS atmospheric pressure gas chromatography (APGC) mass
spectrometry (MS) platform is an accepted alternative for the
identification and quantification of dioxins and furans in
environmental samples. Dioxins are a byproduct of human industrial
activity and their effects on human health are well documented1.
The acceptance of Method 16130 by the United States Environmental
Protection Agency’s (USEPA) Office of Water comes after a review of
validation data submitted by SGS AXYS Analytical Services Ltd.
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The Waters Xevo TQ-XS mass spectrometer
featuring an atmospheric pressure gas chromatography (APGC)
ionization source, is now an accepted alternative technology for
the identification and quantification of dioxins and furans in
environmental samples under SGS AXYS Method 16130. (Photo: Business
Wire)
“We are extremely thankful that after a lot of hard work with
the team at SGS AXYS, the USEPA has opened the door to APGC-MS/MS
as an acceptable alternative for dioxin analysis,” said Warren
Potts, Senior Director, Food & Environmental Business, Waters
Corporation. “This is a great step forward in recognizing the value
of performance-based analytical methods and it will translate to
increased sensitivity and robustness in the laboratories performing
dioxins and other persistent organic pollutants (POPs)
analysis.”
The USEPA’s acceptance of APGC-MS/MS comes after a two-year
collaboration with SGS- AXYS. Analytical Services Ltd. Recognizing
the need for a more efficient solution, Waters served as a key
collaborator of SGS AXYS Analytical Services in the validation of
APGC-MS/MS as an approved method for dioxin testing. The standard
method, gas chromatography coupled with high-resolution magnetic
sector mass spectrometry (GC-HRMS), is associated with large,
aging, expensive instruments that are costly to run and
maintain.
"As part of the SGS AXYS 'think tank', we were excited to
collaborate with the team from Waters Corporation alongside the EPA
over the course of two years to develop the SGS AXYS Method 16130,”
said Coreen Hamilton, a Senior Scientist with SGS Environmental,
Health and Safety who worked on the project. “This method is an
important piece of the puzzle in the modernization and
diversification of testing for dioxins and other toxic
contaminants.”
Acceptance of the APGC-MS/MS method frees laboratories to deploy
modern instrumentation that is less expensive, more sensitive and
easier to operate.
Learn more about the Waters Xevo TQ-XS Tandem Quadrupole MS
system at Waters’ web site.
Additional Resources
- Download the APGC-MS/MS brochure
- Read our whitepaper: APGC-MS/MS: A New Gold Standard
- Download the business solution: SGS AXYS and Waters Validate a
New Method for Dioxin Testing and Furan Analysis
- Access our blog post on the topic of dioxin analysis
About Waters Corporation (www.waters.com)
Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT), the world's leading specialty
measurement company, has pioneered chromatography, mass
spectrometry, and thermal analysis innovations serving the life,
materials, food and environmental sciences for more than 60 years.
With more than 7,000 employees worldwide, Waters operates directly
in 35 countries, including 15 manufacturing facilities, and with
products available in more than 100 countries.
- World Health Organization, Dioxin and Their Effects on Human
Health, Key Facts
Waters and Xevo are trademarks of Waters Corporation.
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