title: NIST SRM 1945, whale blubber, NIST SRM 1974a, organics in mussel tissue, and NIST SRM 1941a, organics in marine sediment as certified reference materials for polychlorinated dioxins and furans in marine ecosystems.
abstract: Few natural matrix Standard Reference Materials are available for the validation of analytical methods measuring polychlorinated dioxins and furans (PCDDs and PCDFs) in marine ecosystems. The concentrations of PCDDs and PCDFs in NIST SRM 1945, SRM 1974a, and SRM 1941a are of interest because the analysis of marine mammal, mussel tissues and sediments have become important tools in the determination of organochlorine contamination of the environment. Because these SRMs have been demonstrated to be homogenous for other organic contaminants, they would be expected to be reliable standards for validation of polychlorinated dioxins and furans in marine mammals, mussels and sediments as well.
authors.affiliation: Geochemical and Environmental Research Group, College Station 77845, USA.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chambers
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gardinali
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chambers
authors.forename: T L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Wade
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Jackson
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Brooks
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001572:Benzofurans / Q000032:analysis*; D049872:Bivalvia; D000072338:Dibenzofurans, Polychlorinated; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D019015:Geologic Sediments; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000032:analysis; D012015:Reference Standards; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D014481:United States; D014907:Whales
chemical_list: D001572:Benzofurans; D000072338:Dibenzofurans, Polychlorinated; D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins; D012989:Soil Pollutants