Tilak Chandrasekaran: How to identify extractables and leachables from consumer packaging using mass spec | Behind the Science, S2 Ep18

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Waters Corporation

Have you ever noticed how water from a plastic bottle tastes different after being left in the car on a hot summer day? Have you ever wondered what migrates into your food from plastic containers during microwaving? Let's talk about technologies that help plastics manufacturers comply with regulations to ensure that the plastic you use in your daily life is safe. Jen talks with Tilak Chandrasekaran at Waters about how consumer product testing laboratories identify and characterize low-level extractables and leachables with mass spectrometry, by either GC-MS or LC-MS. Learn more: http://bit.ly/2iJMoJf