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ENVIRONMENTAL IMMUNOCHEMISTRY RESPONDING TO A SPECTRUM OF ANALYTICAL NEEDS
Citation:
Van Emon, J. AND C. Gerlach. ENVIRONMENTAL IMMUNOCHEMISTRY RESPONDING TO A SPECTRUM OF ANALYTICAL NEEDS. American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, (1996).
Description:
A review, with 13 references, is given on the field of environmental immunochemistry which brings together several specalties, including analytical chemistry, biochemistry, moluclar biology, and environmental engineering. This multidisciplinary nature is both benefit and a confusion to practitioners, rewarding a mastery of several scientific skills with the excitement of innovative technology. Environmental immunochemistry can be as simple as a disposable immunoassay test kit or as complex as an integrated system that employs immunochemistry techniques as a component of a multistep process. The growing regulatory and user acceptance of immunochemistry methods for dozens of regulated compounds ensures the continued growth in this technology - at the laboratory bench, at the hazardous waste site, and beyond. Applications are widespread, including determination of agricultural runoff, assessment of human and ecological exposure, quantification of food and pharmaceutical purity, and groundwater monitoring.