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The EC networking on elemental speciation revisited

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In Europe, the EC-funded Thematic Network “Speciation 21” was instrumental in disseminating the existing knowledge about chemical speciation of trace elements. It created a forum in which analytical chemists working in method development were mixed with potential users from industry and representatives of legislative bodies. This endeavour is continuing in the currently established European Virtual Institute for Speciation Analysis (EVISA). Although there already exists substantial know-how in Europe for the speciation of a number of substances, such as organo-arsenic, organo-tin and organo-mercury compounds, to name just these three groups, there is an urgent need to enforce the analytical potential in speciation analysis on a much wider scope of compounds capable of providing data of a suitable quality. The ensuing need for quality assurance of the analytical procedures requires the analysis of representative reference materials, certified for the relevant species. Last but not least, where applicable, the European-wide legislation should be adapted to focus on toxic species of the elements, rather than the total element.

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  1. Laboratory for Analytical Chemistry, University of Gent, Proeftuinstraat 86, 9000, Gent, Belgium

    R. Cornelis

  2. Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, Universität Münster, Corrensstraβe 30, 48149, Muenster, Germany

    W. Buscher & M. Sperling

  3. Laboratoire de Chimie Analytique Bio-Inorganique et Environnement UMR CNRS, Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Ardour, Hélioparc, Bat. De Vinci, 2 Avenue du Président Angot, 64000, Pau, France

    O. F. X. Donard

  4. THALES Research and Technology France, Domaine de Corbeville, 91 404, Orsay Cedex, France

    N. Proust

  5. Institute of Analytical Chemistry, Vienna Technical University, Getreidemarkt 9, 1060, Vienna, Austria

    E. Rosenberg

  6. Department of Environmental Sciences, Jozef Stephan Institute, Jamova 39, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia

    R. Milacic

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Cornelis, R., Buscher, W., Sperling, M. et al. The EC networking on elemental speciation revisited. Accred Qual Assur 9, 268–271 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00769-004-0761-x

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