The Column-03-09-2015
Finding Answers with Foodomics
March 9th 2015Kate Mosford of The Column spoke to Miguel Herrero of the Institute of Food Science Research (CIAL-CSIC) at the Spanish National Research Council, in Madrid, Spain, about his research in foodomics-based approaches, the evolution of food analysis, and the benefits of 2D LC in this application.
Determining Child Phthalate Exposure
March 9th 2015Vinyl flooring in the home could be a key source of phthalates ingested and inhaled by children, according to a new study. The work was performed as part of an ongoing project by the Columbia Center for Children’s Environmental Health (CCCEH) at Columbia University in New York, USA, and followed a cohort of women and children living in New York city to investigate the impact of phthalate exposure on the health of children.
Fraudulent Dietary Supplement Analysis
March 9th 2015On Monday 2 February the New York State Attorney General’s office sent letters to four major retailers accusing them of selling fraudulent herbal supplements and demanding that they remove the products from their shelves. To the surprise of many analytical chemists, however, the accusations were based on DNA barcoding technology rather than chromatographic analysis.
Lung Cancer Breath Test in Clinical Trial
March 9th 2015The University of Leicester and Glenfield Hospital in Leicester, UK, are starting a clinical trial into a gas chromatography–field asymmetric ion mobility spectrometry sensor (Owlstone Nanotech Ltd.) for the detection of early-stage lung cancer.
