Biosensor applications in contaminated estuaries: Implications for disaster research response.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Given the time and monetary costs associated with traditional analytical chemistry, there remains a need to rapidly characterize environmental samples for priority analysis, especially within disaster research response (DR2). As PAHs are both ubiquitous and occur as complex mixtures at many National Priority List sites, these compounds are of interest for post-disaster exposures.

Objective

This study tests the field application of the KinExA Inline Biosensor in Galveston Bay and the Houston Ship Channel (GB/HSC) and in the Elizabeth River, characterizing the PAH profiles of these region's soils and sediments. To our knowledge, this is the first application of the biosensor to include soils.

Methods

The biosensor enables calculation of total free PAHs in por

SUBMITTER: Camargo K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8639622 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature