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Application Of Stir Bar Sorptive Extraction Thermal Desorption Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry For The Study Of Water Accommodated Fractions Of Fossil Fuels And Biodiesel, Ricardo Mccreary

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Even though measures are taken to decrease accidental release of crude oil and refined fuels into the aquatic environment, continued demand of such fuels--particularly in the transportation sector--pose a continued threat to the aquatic environment throughout their handling, processing, and consumption. Even though measures can be taken to remove the visible layers of fuel in water, it has been shown that constituents of these fuels--that partition into water--can have adverse health effects on the aquatic organisms at low concentrations that are not necessarily predictable through the study of the actual fuel's original composition. Consequently, this renders the need for an …