A field deployable method for a rapid screening analysis of inorganic arsenic in seaweed.

ABSTRACT: Inorganic arsenic (iAs) in 13 store-bought edible seaweed samples and 34 dried kelp (Laminaria digitata) samples was determined by a newly developed, field-deployable method (FDM) with the aid of a field test kit for arsenic in water. Results from the FDM were compared to results from speciation analysis achieved by using high performance liquid chromatography coupled to inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (HPLC-ICP-MS). The FDM consisted of a simple extraction method using diluted HNO₃ to quantitatively extract iAs without decomposing the organoarsenicals to iAs followed by the selective volatilisation of iAs as arsine (AsH₃) and subsequent chemo-trapping on a filter paper soaked in mercury bromide (HgBr₂) solution. Method optimization with

SUBMITTER: Bralatei E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5429896 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature