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New life sciences study results reported from Federal University of Minas Gerais, Chemistry Department

Published in Cancer Law Weekly, February 13th, 2010

Current study results from the report, 'Sampling of benzene in environmental and exhaled air by solid-phase microextraction and analysis by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry,' have been published. "Benzene is classified as a Group I carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). The risk assessment for benzene can be performed by monitoring environmental and occupational air, as well as biological monitoring through biomarkers," investigators in Belo Horizonte, Brazil report.

"The present work developed and validated methods for benzene analysis by GC/MS using SPME as the sampling technique for ambient air and breath. The results of the...

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