Product: POCIS and its Deployment
The new device, referred to as POCIS (Polar Organic Chemical Integrative Sampler) and marketed under the name of AQUASENSE-P, is used to monitor hydrophilic contaminants which could be potentially endocrine disrupting or acutely toxic. These compounds include pesticides, prescription and OTC drugs, steroids, hormones, antibiotics, personal care products, etc. These compounds are entering water and ecosystems on a global scale and have been traced to many chronic abnormalities.
Pictured is a POCIS or Aquasense-P disk.
The high water solubility of polar organic chemicals (POCs) makes their extraction and detection difficult particularly related to episodic events. The AQUASENSE-P (POCIS) provides the scientists with a reproducible method for the concentration of ultra trace POCs. The AQUASENSE-P (POCIS) enables estimation of the cumulative aqueous exposure of aquatic organism to bio-available POCs and permits determination of their time-weighted average concentration in water over extended periods. EST offers the ability to passively monitor the entire spectrum of contaminants by using a deployment device which contains both SPMDs and AQUASENSE-P (POCIS).
Pictured is the Polar Organic Chemical Integrative Sampler (POCIS) carrier.
Deployment Options
The deployment carrier for both the pharmaceutical and pesticide POCIS (Polar Organic Chemical Integrative Sampler) has been designed to fit into the SPMD canisters. If the large canister is employed, it can simultaneously accommodate both SPMDs and AQUASENSE-P (POCIS).
Small
Description: Holds one POCIS carrier on which one to three POCIS can be mounted.
Dimensions: 15 cm high x 16 cm wide
Large
Description: Holds one or two POCIS carrier (each mounts one to three POCIS for up to a total of six); or holds one POCIS carrier (which mounts one to three POCIS) and up to three spider carriers which uses standard length SPMDs.
Dimension: 30 cm high x 16 cm wide
Additional Considerations
In additional to our Polar Organic Chemical Integrative Sampler (POCIS) product, EST Lab also offers a wide range of services. Please continue by visiting our Services page.