Literature Review on Decontaminating Groundwater Sampling Devices: OrganicPollutants

摘要

Current protocols for decontaminating devices used to sample groundwater fororganic contaminants are reviewed. Most of the methods given by regulatory agencies provide little scientific evidence that justify the recommended protocols. In addition, only a few studies that actually compared various decontamination protocols could be found in the open literature, and those studies were limited in their scope. Various approaches for decontamination and criteria that are important in determining how effectively a surface could be decontaminated are discussed. (AN).