What is an Acid herbicide Compound (AH)?

Are AHs dangerous?
AHs include a variety of chemicals, which may have adverse health effects. The health effects can vary greatly from those that are highly toxic, to those which at present, have no known health effects. Many are suspected to be cancer causing in humans and animals e.g: phenoxyacetic herbicides (2,4-D), which have been linked possibly with soft tissue sarcomas. Other AHs have been shown to be toxic to humans e.g the dinitrophenol herbicide (DNOC) which has been allegedly linked to causing severe increase in body temperature, cyanosis leading to collapse.

Where do AHs come from?
Many are used and produced in the Herbicide industry e.g. (weedkiller and other plants). AHs are used typically in weed and feed type lawn products e.g (DNOC, dinoprop and dicamba). They are also used in the farming industry to help protect cereals against broad leaf weeds e.g. (2,4-D, MCPA, 2,4,5-T).

Why test water for SVOCs?
Water is essential for life. The pollution of water can happen through contamination of the raw supply or through leaching e.g. some AH's (mecoprop e.t.c.) are significant ground water contaminants as they are easily leached from the soil and soon enter the waterways.

What Chemex can do for you!
We test for a standard suite of 16 acid herbicide compounds. Although this is not exhaustive. Our method uses GC/MS instrumentation. Sample concentrations are calculated by individual quantitation mass peak areas for each target compound to the appropriate internal standard quantitation mass peak area and the response factor calibrated from the preceding calibration standard.

• Non target compounds can be identified
• Extra compounds available with full method validation
• Bespoke Target Compound Lists
• Quick Turnaround
• Comprehensive report package with QA/QC data on request
• Adapting to client’s individual QAPPs