Speciation News

Chromium speciation analysis is crucial because Cr(VI) is highly toxic and carcinogenic, whereas trivalent chromium (Cr(III)) is generally considered less harmful and, in some cases, beneficial for th...

The essentiality of Chromium, particularly in its trivalent form (Cr3+), is praised in most publications dealing with the speciation of chromium. Especially the ambivalence of chromium, with the triva...

Yesterday, we welcomed the 22 millionth visitor to the EVISA web portal. Over the past 12 months, more than 2.3 million visitors have used the portal as an information source, viewing an average of 5 ...

Reviewing analytical chemistry papers requires both subject-specific expertise and a commitment to maintaining high standards of scientific rigor....

Peer review is a process of quality check subjecting an author’s scholarly work, research or ideas to the scrutiny of others who are experts in the same field. It is a well-established process which h...

EVISA's web portal is meant to provide reliable information in the realm of trace element and speciation analysis. In order to provide high quality information in the EVISA News section only peer-revi...

The European Commission has asked the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) for a risk assessment on organoarsenic species in food. EFSA has now presented its scientific opinion on the risk assessment...

A group of Chinese researchers has developed a rapid method for determining monoiodoacetic acid and inorganic iodine in drinking water by combining capillary electrophoresis and inductively coupled pl...

A group of researchers from China have compared 14 different methods for preserving inorganic arsenic species in reducing groundwater. They recommend adding large amounts of EDTA and storing the sampl...

The European Commission has instructed the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) to broaden the scope of the REACH restriction proposal, extending it to include at least 12 chromium (VI) substances. This d...