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EU EMRP Projekt ENV08

EU EMRP Project ENV08 2011-2014: Traceable measurements of emerging pollutants

Development of a validated measurement procedure for the flame retardants “Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers” (PBDE) at a concentration level required by the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD)


Adriana working at the GC-ICP-MS

GC-ICP-MS Setup for Element speciation analysis (Photo: Daniel Pröfrock/Hereon)

The objective of this project is the provision of a metrologically validated procedure of measurement for the brominated diphenyl ethers BDE 28, BDE 47, BDE 99, BDE 100, BDE 153, BDE 154 including appropriate methods for extraction and preconcentration of these PBDEs.

The limit of quantification (LOQ) should be smaller than 30% of the EQS value of 0.5 ng/L for the sum of PBDEs in whole water samples as defined in the WFD.

Adriana Gonzales-Gago is our scientist in charge for the practical work and communication within this three-year Eu project.

Scientific and technical objectives of this Research Excellent Grant REG

  • Development and validation of a suitable extraction and enrichment procedure from coastal water samples.
  • Development of a passive sampling procedure for PBDEs in coastal waters, including testing the feasibility of practical application considering relevant metrological requirements
  • Contribution to the development of a primary method for the separation and measurement of PBDEs by means of GC-IDMS methods and extension of the method to coastal water samples.
  • Test run, optimisation and validation of the developed methodology under field conditions with respect to continuous monitoring with sampling frequencies according to the WFD.

Project Structure

The Joint Research Project (JRP) ENV08 “Traceable measurements for monitoring critical pollutants under the European Water Framework Directive (WFD) 2000/60/EC” is a multi-partner trans-national project within the targeted call “Environment” of the European Metrology Research Programme (EMRP).
The JRP ENV08 is coordinated by the German Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) and involves 12 European institutes from 8 countries as well as the European Commission. The majority of JRP partners are National Metrology Institutes (NMIs) or Designated Institutes (DIs). All JRP partners have a proven experience in the development and validation of analytical methods, the preparation of reference materials, the organisation of interlaboratory studies and environmental monitoring. The JRP partners all have both national and international recognition, which ensures that the results of the project will be widely respected in the EU. The Department of Marine Bioanalytical Chemistry is the home organization of a Research Excellent Grant (REG), which complements the JRP consortium.
The JRP consists of five scientific/technical workpackages (WPs), WP1 to WP5, an impact workpackage WP6 and a management workpackage WP7. The research activities of this REG address the issues raised in WP2 lead by the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB).

Publications and conference presentations

6th SETAC World Congress / SETAC Europe 22nd Annual Meeting (Berlin, Germany, 20-24 May 2012) Poster. New approaches for the traceable determination of PBDEs (in coastal water samples) according tothe Water Framework Directive (WFD)

7th edition of the International Franco-Spanish Workshop on Bioinorganic Analytical Chemistry (Gijon, Spain, 1-4 July 2012) Oral contribution. Sensitive detection of bromine by GC-ICP-MS for the determination of PBDEs in coastal water samples according to the Water Framework Directive (WFD)

23. ICPMS Anwendertreffen und 10. Symposium Massenspektrometrische Verfahren Elementspurenanalyse (Vienna, Austria, 10-12 September 2012) Oral contribution. Evaluation of the sensitivity of the GC-ICP-MS coupling for the determination of PBDEs in water samples according to the Water Framework Directive (WFD)

Meetings

  • Kick-off meeting: 14.10.2011 Berlin (Germany)
  • Progress meeting: 30.01.2012 Biarritz (France)
  • Progress meeting: 31.10.2012 Berlin (Germany)
  • Progress meeting: 05.02.2013 Braunschweig (Germany)

Results