Jupiter Environmental Laboratories in Florida is using a mass spectrometer to support the environmental restoration of the waterways of the Florida Everglades.
The Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan is a government-sponsored effort to restore, protect and preserve the water resources of central and southern Florida.
One of the key projects associated with this effort calls for reclaiming thousands of acres of citrus groves and sugar plantations and restoring the natural waterways of the Everglades.
This effort requires the identification and elimination of a variety of pesticides and other contaminants.
To address this challenge, the team at Jupiter Laboratories is using the AB SCIEX QTRAP 5500 System to provide information that will enable environmental engineers to make more informed decisions on dismantling canals, transferring land and restoring natural flood plains.
This technology was developed by the joint-venture partnership of Applied Biosystems and MDS Analytical Technologies, a business unit of MDS.
The AB SCIEX QTRAP 5500 System enables scientists to identify and confirm results in a single analysis.
It features a combination of sensitivity, scanning speed and capacity that enables the analysis of more than 1,000 chemicals in a single test.
This system augments the speed of obtaining results from weeks using other technologies, to typically less than two days.
