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AN ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY VERIFICATION (ETV) TESTING OF ENZYMATIC TEST KITS FOR WARFARE AGENTS AND PESTICIDES IN DRINKING WATER
Citation:
BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE, R. MANGARAJ, S. BUEHLER, A. DINDAL, Z. WILLENBURG, AND K. RIGGS. AN ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY VERIFICATION (ETV) TESTING OF ENZYMATIC TEST KITS FOR WARFARE AGENTS AND PESTICIDES IN DRINKING WATER. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, EPA/600/R-06/118 (NTIS PB2007-100691), 2006.
Impact/Purpose:
The overall objective of the ETV Program is to accelerate the entrance of new environmental technologies into the domestic and international marketplace by identifying the environmental performance characteristics of commercial-ready technology through the evaluation of objective and quality assured data. This provides the potential purchasers and permitters with an independent and credible assessment of what they are buying and/or permitting. The AMS Center has received funding to performance verify monitoring technologies relevant for homeland security.
Description:
Enzymatic test kits, generally designed to be handheld and portable, detect the presence of chemical agents, carbamate pesticides, and/or organophosphate pesticides by relying on the reaction of the cholinesterase enzyme. Under normal conditions, the enzyme reacts as expected with other chemicals present in the test kit. The activity of the enzyme is inhibited, however, by chemical agents, carbamate pesticides, and organophosphate pesticides. The effects of this inhibition will then generally lead to a color change, indicating the presence or absence of these compounds.