University of Basrah Organizes Workshop on Methods of Measuring Environmental Toxins
The Marine Science Center at the University of Basrah organized a workshop on methods of measuring environmental toxins.
The workshop aimed to equip participants with the knowledge and skills necessary to identify, extract, quantify, and analyze toxic pollutants in various environmental samples, including water, air, soil, and food, to assess environmental and health risks and control environmental quality.
The workshop, presented by Dr. Balqis Suhaim Abbas, covered the definition of environmental toxins, their sources, and their organic, inorganic, and biological types. It also addressed their transmission methods within ecosystems and explained the stages of analysis, including sampling, preservation, extraction, purification, concentration, and chemical separation. Furthermore, the workshop explained analytical techniques such as the use of modern equipment like gas chromatography (GC), high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), mass spectrometry (MS), and atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS). The workshop also covered bioassays, including toxicity measurement using microorganisms, plants, or living cells, along with quality control, calibration standards, white blood cell counts, detection limits, quantification, and interpretation of results compared to permissible limits.
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