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Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Firefighter Turnout Gear Textiles Exposed to Abrasion, Elevated Temperature, Laundering, or Weathering

January 16, 2024
Author(s)
Andrew Maizel, Andre Thompson, Meghanne Tighe, Samuel Escobar Veras, Alix Rodowa, Ryan Falkenstein-Smith, Bruce A. Benner Jr., Kathleen Hoffman, Michelle K. Donnelly, Olivia Hernandez, Nadine Wetzler, Trung Ngu, Jessica Reiner, Benjamin Place, John Kucklick, Kate Rimmer, Rick D. Davis
Textiles used in the construction of structural firefighter turnout gear jackets and pants have been found to contain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) as well as fluoropolymer membranes and treatments containing fluorinated polymers. Additionally

Certification of Standard Reference Material(R) 2386 Avocado Powder

October 18, 2023
Author(s)
Melissa M. Phillips, Laura Wood, Joseph Browning, George Caceres, Grace Hahm, Mahboubeh Hanaee, Abigail Lee, Karen Murphy, Rabia Oflaz, Rick L. Paul, Benjamin Place, Jeanice "Brown Thomas ", James H. Yen
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently released SRM 2386 Avocado Powder which has value assignment for over 70 analytes. This material is intended to be used for the evaluation of methods for the determination of elements

Use of non-targeted and suspect screening analysis to detect sources of human exposure to environmental contaminants

June 28, 2023
Author(s)
Katherine Manz, Anna Feerick, Joseph Braun, Yong-Lai Feng, Amber Hall, Jeremy Koelmel, Carlos A. Manzano, Seth Newton, Kurt Pennell, Benjamin Place, Krystal Godri Pollitt, Carsten Prasse, Joshua Young
Non-targeted analysis (NTA) and suspect screening analysis (SSA) are powerful techniques that rely on high-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS) and computational tools to detect and identify unknown or suspected compounds in environmental media and human

Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in New Firefighter Turnout Gear Textiles

May 1, 2023
Author(s)
Andrew Maizel, Andre Thompson, Meghanne Tighe, Samuel Escobar Veras, Alix Rodowa, Ryan Falkenstein-Smith, Bruce A. Benner Jr., Kathleen Hoffman, Michelle K. Donnelly, Olivia Hernandez, Nadine Wetzler, Trung Ngu, Jessica Reiner, Benjamin Place, John Kucklick, Kate Rimmer, Rick D. Davis
Turnout gear is increasingly recognized as a potential source of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) exposure to firefighters. To determine the type, concentration, and prevalence of PFAS potentially present in new firefighter turnout gear, fifty

Characterization of Reference Materials 8690 to 8693

February 13, 2023
Author(s)
Jessica Reiner, Benjamin Place, N. Alan Heckert, Katherine Peter, Alix Rodowa
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Reference Materials (RMs) 8690 Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Aqueous Film-Forming Foams (AFFF) Formulation I, RM 8691 Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Aqueous Film

Interlaboratory Attribute Analytics Metrics from the MAM Consortium Round Robin Study

August 26, 2022
Author(s)
Trina Mouchahoir, John E. Schiel, Rich Rogers, N. Alan Heckert, Benjamin Place, Aaron Ammerman, Xiaoxiao Li, Tom Robinson, Brian Schmidt, Chris M. Chumsae, Xinbi Li, Anton V. Manuilov, Bo Yan, Gregory O. Staples, Da Ren, Alexander J. Veach, Dongdong Wang, Wael Yared, Zoran Sosic, Yan Wang, Li Zang, Anthony M. Leone, Peiran Liu, Richard Ludwig, Li Tao, Wei Wu, Ahmet Cansizoglu, Andrew Hanneman, Greg W. Adams, Irina Perdivara, Hunter Walker, Margo Wilson, Arnd Brandenburg, Nick DeGraan-Weber, Stefano Gotta, Joe Shambaugh, Melissa Alvarez, X. Christopher Yu, Li Cao, Chun Shao, Andrew Mahan, Hirsh Nanda, Kristen Nields, Nancy Nightlinger, Ben Niu, Jihong Wang, Wei Xu, Gabriella Leo, Nunzio Sepe, Yan-Hui Liu, Bhumit A. Patel, Douglas Richardson, Yi Wang, Daniela Tizabi, Oleg V. Borisov, Yali Lu, Ernest L. Maynard, Albrecht Gruhler, Kim F. Haselmann, Thomas N. Krogh, Carsten P. Sonksen, Simon Letarte, Sean Shen, Kristin Boggio, Keith Johnson, Wenqin Ni, Himakshi Patel, David Ripley, Jason C. Rouse, Ying Zhang, Carly Daniels, Andrew Dawdy, Olga Friese, Thomas W. Powers, Justin B. Sperry, Josh Woods, Eric Carlson, K. Ilker Sen, St John Skilton, Michelle Busch, Anders Lund, Martha Stapels, Xu Guo, Sibylle Heidelberger, Harini Kaluarachchi, Sean McCarthy, John Kim, Jing Zhen, Ying Zhou, Sarah Rogstad, Xiaoshi Wang, Jing Fang, Weibin Chen, Ying Qing Yu, John G. Hoogerheide, Rebecca Scott, Hua Yuan
The multi-attribute method (MAM) was conceived as a single assay to potentially replace multiple single-attribute assays that have long been used in process development and quality control (QC) for protein therapeutics. MAM is rooted in traditional peptide

Communicating Confidence of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance (PFAS) Identification via High Resolution Mass Spectrometry

May 26, 2022
Author(s)
Joseph Charbonnet, Carrie McDonough, Feng Xiao, Trever Schwichtenberg, Dunping Cao, Sarit Kaserzon, Kevin Thomas, Pradeep Dewapriya, Benjamin Place, Emma Schymanski, Jennifer Field, Damian Helbling, Christopher Higgins
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) are important environmental contaminants, yet relatively few analytical reference standards exist for this class. Nontarget analyses performed by means of high-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS) are increasingly

Certification of Standard Reference Material(R) 2386 Avocado Powder

October 20, 2021
Author(s)
Melissa M. Phillips, Laura J. Wood, George Caceres, Grace Hahm, Karen E. Murphy, Rick L. Paul, Benjamin Place, James H. Yen
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently released SRM 2386 Avocado Powder which has value assignment for over 70 analytes. This material has certified values assigned for 22 analytes and non-certified values assigned for 53

An Introduction to the Benchmarking and Publications for Non-Targeted Analysis Working Group

September 29, 2021
Author(s)
Benjamin Place, Elin Ulrich, Jonathan Challis, Alex Chao, Bowen Du, Kristin Favela, Yong-Lai Feng, Christine Fisher, Piero Gardinali, Alan Hood, Ann Knolhoff, Andrew McEachran, Sara Nason, Seth Newton, Brian Ng, Jamie Nunez, Katherine Peter, Allison Phillips, Natalia Quinete, Ryan Renslow, Jon Sobus, Eric Sussman, Benedikt Warth, Samanthi Wickramasekara, Antony Williams
Non-targeted analysis (NTA) encompasses a rapidly evolving set of mass spectrometry techniques aimed at characterizing the chemical composition of complex samples, identifying unknown compounds, and/or classifying samples, without prior knowledge regarding

Analysis of Seafood Reference Materials: RM 8256, RM 8257, RM 8258 and RM 8259

August 30, 2021
Author(s)
Debra Ellisor, Benjamin Place, Melissa M. Phillips, James H. Yen
NIST Reference Material (RM) 8256 Wild-caught Coho Salmon, RM 8257 Aquacultured Coho Salmon, RM 8258 Wild-caught Shrimp and RM 8259 Aquacultured Shrimp were generated for use in authentication, nutrition and food safety-related determinations of crude fat

New Peak Detection Performance Metrics from the MAM Consortium Interlaboratory Study

March 12, 2021
Author(s)
Catherine A. Mouchahoir, John E. Schiel, Rich Rogers, N. Alan Heckert, Benjamin Place, Aaron Ammerman, Xiaoxiao Li, Tom Robinson, Brian Schmidt, Chris M. Chumsae, Xinbi Li, Anton V. Manuilov, Bo Yan, Gregory O. Staples, Da Ren, Alexander J. Veach, Dongdong Wang, Wael Yared, Zoran Sosic, Yan Wang, Li Zang, Anthony M. Leone, Peiran Liu, Richard Ludwig, Li Tao, Wei Wu, Ahmet Cansizoglu, Andrew Hanneman, Greg W. Adams, Irina Perdivara, Hunter Walker, Margo Wilson, Arnd Brandenburg, Nick DeGraan-Weber, Stefano Gotta, Joe Shambaugh, Melissa Alvarez, X. Christopher Yu, Li Cao, Chun Shao, Andrew Mahan, Hirsh Nanda, Kristen Nields, Nancy Nightlinger, Helena Maria Barysz, Michael Jahn, Ben Niu, Jihong Wang, Gabriella Leo, Nunzio Sepe, Yan-Hui Liu, Bhumit A. Patel, Douglas Richardson, Yi Wang, Daniela Tizabi, Oleg V. Borisov, Yali Lu, Ernest L. Maynard, Albrecht Gruhler, Kim F. Haselmann, Thomas N. Krogh, Carsten P. Sonksen, Simon Letarte, Sean Shen, Kristin Boggio, Keith Johnson, Wenqin Ni, Hamakshi Patel, David Ripley, Jason C. Rouse, Ying Zhang, Carly Daniels, Andrew Dawdy, Olga Friese, Thomas W. Powers, Justin B. Sperry, Josh Woods, Eric Carlson, K. Ilker Sen, St John Skilton, Michelle Busch, Anders Lund, Martha Stapels, Xu Guo, Sibylle Heidelberger, Harini Kaluarachchi, Sean McCarthy, John Kim, Jing Zhen, Ying Zhou, Sarah Rogstad, Xiaoshi Wang, Jing Fang, Weibin Chen, Ying Qing Yu, John G. Hoogerheide, Rebecca Scott, Hua Yuan
The Multi-Attribute Method (MAM) Consortium was initially formed as a venue to harmonize best practices, share experiences and generate innovative methodologies to facilitate widespread integration of the MAM platform, which is an emerging ultra-high

An untargeted approach to determine the authenticity of Ginkgo biloba L. plant materials and dried leaf extracts by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-HRMS) and chemometrics.

August 5, 2020
Author(s)
Meryl B. Cruz, Benjamin Place, Laura J. Wood, Aaron A. Urbas, Werickson Rocha, Andrzej Wasik
The lack of stringent regulations regarding raw materials for herbal supplements used for medicinal purposes has been a constant challenge in the industry. Ginkgo biloba L. leaf extracts attract consumers because of the supposed positive effect on mental

Health Assessment Measurements Quality Assurance Program: Exercise 2 Final Report

May 21, 2019
Author(s)
Charles A. Barber, Jeanice M. Brown Thomas, Carolyn Q. Burdette, Johanna Camara, Stephen E. Long, Melissa M. Phillips, Benjamin J. Place, Catherine A. Rimmer, Laura J. Wood, Lee L. Yu
The NIST Health Assessment Measurements Quality Assurance Program (HAMQAP) was launched in collaboration with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) in 2017. HAMQAP was established to enable laboratories to improve the

Certification of Standard Reference Material 3389 Ginsenoside Calibration Solution

May 10, 2019
Author(s)
Walter B. Wilson, Lane C. Sander, Benjamin J. Place, James H. Yen
Standard Reference Material (SRM) 3389 is intended as a calibration solution for use for the determination of ginsenosides in natural matrix samples. A unit of SRM 3389 consists of two different ampule solutions: (1) four ampules of a six-component mixture

Analysis of Iron in Water using a Simple LED Spectrophotometer

February 15, 2019
Author(s)
Benjamin J. Place
Access to clean water is a vitally important part of the lives of all people, yet there is often a concern about the contamination of water by heavy metals. The detection and measurement of heavy metals in water can be performed using colorimetric reagents

Health Assessment Measurements Quality Assurance Program: Exercise 1 Final Report

November 19, 2018
Author(s)
Chuck Barber, Bruce A. Benner Jr., Jeanice M. Brown Thomas, Carolyn Burdette, Johanna Camara, Stephen E. Long, Jacolin Murray, Melissa M. Phillips, Benjamin Place, Kate Rimmer, Laura J. Wood, Susan Tai, Siva K. Chinthalapati, Lee L. Yu
The NIST Health Assessment Measurements Quality Assurance Program (HAMQAP) was launched in collaboration with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) in 2017. HAMQAP was established to enable laboratories to improve the

Perfluorinated Alkyl Acids in Wildlife

April 21, 2015
Author(s)
Jessica L. Reiner, Benjamin J. Place
The first measurements of perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) in wildlife from the aqueous and terrestrial environment showed their ubiquitous presence. Since the initial studies in 2001 their presence, distribution, and fate in the environment has broadly