Monitoring surface contamination for thirty antineoplastic drugs: a new proposal for surface exposure levels (SELs).

Background: Chemotherapy drugs are widely used to treat cancer, but their active compounds represent a danger for workers who could be exposed to them. However, they aren't yet included in directive CE No. 1272/2008 and the European Biosafety Network has only recommended a limit value of 100 pg/cm for surface contamination.

Advanced Solid-Phase Microextraction Techniques and Related Automation: A Review of Commercially Available Technologies.

The solid-phase microextraction (SPME), invented by Pawliszyn in 1989, today has a renewed and growing use and interest in the scientific community with fourteen techniques currently available on the market. The miniaturization of traditional sample preparation devices fulfills the new request of an environmental friendly analytical chemistry. The recent upswing of these solid-phase microextraction technologies has brought new availability and range of robotic automation.

An Upgrade of Apparatus and Measurement Systems for Generation of Gaseous Formaldehyde: A Review.

Formaldehyde (FA) is ubiquitous in the atmospheric environment. It is generally the dominant atmospheric carbonyl compound. Due to its well-known carcinogenicity, FA is a compound that arises the attention in the scientific community.