PMID- 35934023 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220929 LR - 20220929 IS - 1879-1026 (Electronic) IS - 0048-9697 (Linking) VI - 849 DP - 2022 Nov 25 TI - Evaluation of sample preparation methods for suspect and non-target screening in water, sediment, and biota samples using gas chromatography coupled to high-resolution mass spectrometry. PG - 157835 LID - S0048-9697(22)04934-8 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157835 [doi] AB - In this study, the sample preparation methods were proposed for the suspect and non-target screening (SNTS) using gas chromatography coupled to high-resolution mass spectrometry in the aquatic environment. The pretreatment methods were evaluated based on detection rates, recoveries, and screening detection limits (SDLs) for 316 substances spiked into surface water, sediment, and biota samples. The detection rates of the spiked compounds were 92.1 % and 98.7 % by the sample preparation methods for water (solid-phase extraction using HLB cartridge) and sediment (ultrasonic extraction (USE) with HLB cartridge clean-up), respectively. Similarly, USE with HLB cartridge clean-up gave the highest detection rate (87.9 %) for biota samples; however, additional pretreatment method using deactivated silica gel clean-up was necessary for the detection of persistent organic pollutants (POPs). The SDL ranges of spiked compounds by the suggested pretreatment methods were 0.01-23.5 ng/L for surface water, 0.02-37.5 ng/g dry weight for sediment, and 0.01-12.2 ng/g wet weight for biota. Although some pollutants, such as POPs had SDLs that were higher than the levels normally detected in the aquatic environment as reported in previous studies, the analytical methods suggested in the present study were satisfactory for the SNTS of most pollutants originated from anthropogenic sources. CI - Copyright (c) 2022 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Sim, Wonjin AU - Sim W AD - Institute for Environment and Energy, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: onejiny@pusan.ac.kr. FAU - Choi, Sol AU - Choi S AD - Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Republic of Korea. FAU - Lee, Heon-Jun AU - Lee HJ AD - Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Republic of Korea. FAU - Kim, Kyungtae AU - Kim K AD - National Institute of Environmental Research, Incheon 22689, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: pooh7231@korea.kr. FAU - Park, Kyunghwa AU - Park K AD - National Institute of Environmental Research, Incheon 22689, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: mirrorpark@korea.kr. FAU - Oh, Jeong-Eun AU - Oh JE AD - Institute for Environment and Energy, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Republic of Korea; Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: jeoh@pusan.ac.kr. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20220805 PL - Netherlands TA - Sci Total Environ JT - The Science of the total environment JID - 0330500 RN - 0 (Environmental Pollutants) RN - 0 (Water Pollutants, Chemical) RN - 059QF0KO0R (Water) RN - 60650-90-0 (Silica Gel) SB - IM MH - Biota MH - *Environmental Pollutants/analysis MH - Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry MH - Geologic Sediments/chemistry MH - Mass Spectrometry MH - Persistent Organic Pollutants MH - Silica Gel MH - Solid Phase Extraction MH - Water/analysis MH - *Water Pollutants, Chemical/analysis OTO - NOTNLM OT - Biota OT - Gas chromatography coupled to high-resolution mass spectrometry OT - Sample preparation OT - Sediment OT - Suspect and non-target screening OT - Water COIS- Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper. EDAT- 2022/08/08 06:00 MHDA- 2022/09/30 06:00 CRDT- 2022/08/07 19:32 PHST- 2022/06/23 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/07/31 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2022/08/01 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/08/08 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/09/30 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/08/07 19:32 [entrez] AID - S0048-9697(22)04934-8 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157835 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Sci Total Environ. 2022 Nov 25;849:157835. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157835. Epub 2022 Aug 5.